The one offshoot of pro wrestling that I encourage the MMA world to fully embrace is that of the new signee introducing himself by sprinting into the ring (cage) and making a surprise appearance to the delight of the crowd and home viewer. How awesome would it have been if Hector Lombard hopped the chain link of the octagon and challenged Brian Stann in Sweden? Answer: very awesome, borderline rawesome. I understand that in the age of the internet secrets are hard to keep, but I will keep on wishing for a day when the Strikeforce HWGP winner ziplines from the rafters to challenge a UFC heavyweight...

Maybe I should get to the point: Hector Lombard has signed with the UFC and all of a sudden the middleweight division got a whole lot more interesting. The owner of a twenty five fight win streak made it official via his Twitter.

His boss went on to congratulate him exactly one hour later.

Now we get to indulge on hypothetical matchups for the former Bellator champ for a few weeks. It seems like everyone on the Twitterverse wants Mark Munoz or Brian Stann, but I think the winner or Vitor/Wand would be very pleasing indeed.

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+35 # Guest 2012-04-24 16:00

Feed the wanker to me!

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+29 # TDM 2012-04-24 16:02

He's running from Shlemenko.

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+22 # synthsis 2012-04-24 16:05

Lombard goes 1-3 in the UFC and then goes back to smashing 'cans in the minor leagues.

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+4 # MediocreThreat 2012-04-25 06:09

Or is caught with a "testosterone to epitestosterone ratio" (mma media's new favorite phrase) of 25:1

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+6 # MediocreThreat 2012-04-25 06:11

Oddly enough, his record in his last 26 fights (minus the draw).

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-16 # Guest 2012-04-24 16:07

5'9" brawler whose best win is against hairrow ebersole... 4 years ago. yeaaah this is the guy that can beat anderson

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+57 # Sambro 2012-04-24 16:13

Paul Harris vs Lombard!

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+29 # Hi. 2012-04-24 16:17

Quoting SST:

Paul Harris vs Lombard!

For once, i agree with SST on something.

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-13 # Sambro 2012-04-24 17:51

Yur Mom has an nice ass too.

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+18 # Hi. 2012-04-24 17:54

Oddly enough, that is not the first time ive heard that, so i guess it is true. oh well, i guess my mom is a MILF. weird.

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+1 # Guest 2012-04-25 07:04

No way, I dont want to see a L for either one of those guys.

Paul Harris should have had a title shot by now had it not been for Marquarts cheap shots, and a loss for Lombard would further justify the belief that non-ufc fighters are always less talented than ufc fighters.

Let Lombard get his feet wet--then throw him to Paul Harris

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+34 # WeeMadAndo 2012-04-24 16:14

Lombard + Paul Harris = (Lombard - 1 leg) + Paul Harris title shot.

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+15 # Guest 2012-04-24 21:55

If somebody gets matched up against Paul Harris, it is obvious that they have wronged Joe Silva in some way.

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+21 # Guest 2012-04-24 16:29

Chris Leben. Sexyama. Cung Le. Mayhem Miller. Feed him those guys to build him up.

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+17 # Guest 2012-04-24 16:33

oo Leban would be fun. How long til he's un suspended?

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+15 # Hi. 2012-04-24 16:36

About 5 months.

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+27 # IceColdShadow 2012-04-24 18:02

Quoting sprocketscientist:

Chris Leben. Sexyama. Cung Le. Mayhem Miller. Feed him those guys to build him up.

WTF not sexyama..give this dude a fucking break

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+6 # Guest 2012-04-24 20:05

You're right. Let Sexyama beat up Mayhem and Hector can have Leben.

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+6 # Tom Hardy 2012-04-24 22:53

Yeah what the fuck is up with giving him Thiago Alves after 4 straight loses, yeeesh

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+11 # Guest 2012-04-24 16:44

Give him Stann !

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+19 # Fatty_Sam86 2012-04-24 17:20

I forserious hope that the curse of the Successful-Figh ter-in-Other-Or ganization-and- Sucks-in-the-UF C thing doesn't happen to Lombard. SFOOSUFC...?

No, that's a terrible acronym... but for real, I hope he is a top-tier competitor.

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+2 # tonyfamilia 2012-04-24 17:29

YES!! I really hope he shakes up the MW rankings and gets a title shot by next year. If Lombard performs in the UFC as well as he did in Bellator and is worthy to face Anderson then it would be an action packed fight where both men would test each others chins and see who's left standing when the smoke clears.

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+5 # synthsis 2012-04-24 18:40

As someone who has stood right next to Lombard I can safely say he is a true Welterweight but loves his glamor muscles too much to cut down to an appropriate weightclass.

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+2 # Guest 2012-04-24 18:55

I would say Vitor Belfort but I don't want to see Lombard go on a 3 fight losing streak then be handed his walking papers. Yea give him someone else.

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+10 # Guest 2012-04-24 19:09

Hector Lombard vs. Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch

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+5 # Guest 2012-04-24 20:25

Best choice, IMO. Paul Harris = worst choice at this stage.

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+23 # aint.that.a.kick.in.the.head 2012-04-24 19:33

Shlemenko is gonna find you Hector

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+1 # Guest 2012-04-24 19:51

Lombard vs Paul Harris would be an amazing fight and a real test for Lombard to prove his UFC worth.

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+14 # Guest 2012-04-24 20:23

WHY IS GIL MELENDEZ NOT IN THE UFC?!?!

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-5 # Fatty_Sam86 2012-04-25 11:47

Because he's a boring fighter.

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+8 # Guest 2012-04-24 20:31

RIP guys from MW division that will be unlucky enough to fight him.

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0 # chiggs 2012-04-24 21:44

Demo Time for Hector!!!! Gonna get flamed for it, but calling it now, Lombard vs Silva with Hector getting the KO!! Also gonna go as far to say that when Gegard comes over, takes the title from Bones. In all honestly, would have loved to see him cut back down to 185 for a throwdown with Silva..Either way, Lombard maybe a total dick, but the dude is a fucking wrecking machine..

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-1 # Guest 2012-04-24 22:43

Odd how you all are acting like belcher isn't fight paulharris , plus it looks like Sexyama is on his way out so that's a pointless match up... Unless ufc wants to send him out on a KO lol

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+12 # aint.that.a.kick.in.the.head 2012-04-25 04:28

#ShlemenkoStorm theUFC

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0 # Guest 2012-04-25 06:57

Hector vs Anderson 2012

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+9 # ispitzhotfire 2012-04-25 08:22

Suddenly the writers at Yahoo know who he is and give him credit for being a good fighter because he didn't exist to them before the UFC. Then they will talk about him like they have been saying it all along.

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+3 # Chrislovesmma 2012-04-25 08:31

Palhares/Belche r winner or Jake Shields middleweight return debut.

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+5 # Guest 2012-04-25 09:38

yeaaah shields vs. lombard is prob the best fight imo

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+4 # Guest 2012-04-25 08:57

his piss will be hotter than lava.

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0 # Tom Hanks 2012-04-25 16:18

Bisping?

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