Tag: Hector

UFC 149: Don’t Call Hector Lombard’s UFC Career a Write-Off… Yet

Fight fans in Calgary on Saturday night were prepared to watch one of the most anticipated debuts in UFC history, as Hector Lombard took to the UFC’s world-famous octagon for the very first time. The heavy-handed Cuban, a black belt in Brazilian …

Fight fans in Calgary on Saturday night were prepared to watch one of the most anticipated debuts in UFC history, as Hector Lombard took to the UFC’s world-famous octagon for the very first time. The heavy-handed Cuban, a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and former Olympic judoka, entered the arena with a 31-2 record (with […]

UFC 149 Results: Is Hector Lombard a Legit UFC Contender After Tim Boetsch Loss?

Heading into his co-main event of UFC 149 against Tim Boetsch, Hector “Lightning” Lombard was being heralded as the man to dethrone or at least give 185-pound linchpin Anderson Silva a run for his money. Yeah right. A legitimate threat to &…

Heading into his co-main event of UFC 149 against Tim Boetsch, Hector “Lightning” Lombard was being heralded as the man to dethrone or at least give 185-pound linchpin Anderson Silva a run for his money. Yeah right. A legitimate threat to “The Spider” he ain’t; hell, on his latest showing (a split-decision loss to “The […]

Hector Lombard Would Reject Anderson Silva Title Shot to Beat Up Mark Munoz

Hector Lombard is adamant he would rather beat up on the trash-talking Mark Munoz than vie for Anderson Silva’s UFC middleweight title. The former Bellator 185-pound champion debuts against Tim Boetsch at UFC 149, and even though a title shot mig…

Hector Lombard is adamant he would rather beat up on the trash-talking Mark Munoz than vie for Anderson Silva’s UFC middleweight title. The former Bellator 185-pound champion debuts against Tim Boetsch at UFC 149, and even though a title shot might be in the offing if he successfully dispatches “The Barbarian,” his mind is firmly […]

UFC 149: If Hector Lombard Wins, Does He Deserve a Title Shot?

The middleweight division has been ruled over by Anderson Silva for quite some time, and the MMA world tends to get frustrated when no viable challengers are perceptively present. Because of the divergence of criteria over what constitutes a title shot…

The middleweight division has been ruled over by Anderson Silva for quite some time, and the MMA world tends to get frustrated when no viable challengers are perceptively present. Because of the divergence of criteria over what constitutes a title shot, it’s hard for fans to come up with a universal solution of who should […]

UFC 149: If Hector Lombard Defeats Tim Boetsch, He Doesn’t Deserve a Title Shot

The mention of Hector Lombard’s name has been inspiring heated debate amongst hardcore MMA fans for a few years now. Normally, that debate was whether or not he was a Top 10 middleweight. Supporters pointed to his stellar record of 31-2 with one …

The mention of Hector Lombard’s name has been inspiring heated debate amongst hardcore MMA fans for a few years now. Normally, that debate was whether or not he was a Top 10 middleweight. Supporters pointed to his stellar record of 31-2 with one draw and one no-contest, as well as his current 20-fight win streak—16 […]

Tim Boetsch Discusses Michael Bisping’s Running Shoes & Hector Lombard

I wanted to see Michael Bisping vs. Tim Boetsch just as much as the rest of you, which is to say: hardly at all. There’s nothing wrong with the fight, per se. It just wasn’t all that intriguing. Boetsch hasn’t really made his mark on …

I wanted to see Michael Bisping vs. Tim Boetsch just as much as the rest of you, which is to say: hardly at all. There’s nothing wrong with the fight, per se. It just wasn’t all that intriguing. Boetsch hasn’t really made his mark on the middleweight division just yet, even with the win over […]