When you have 25 straight wins, you probably feel invincible. I would. I’m not really going to guess how Hector Lombard feels after his incredible streak but his mindset as to where he stands in the UFC middleweight division before even throwing a Zuffa punch can’t be any clearer than this tweet he sent this morning:

Quite a few people believe that Bisping would have been granted a title shot with a win over Tim Boetsch but he’s unfortunately now out of that fight with an injury. Lombard was scheduled to face Brian Stann before Stann also had to withdraw due to an injured shoulder. This injury mess has forced the UFC to combine these two matches, with Hector Lombard now fighting Tim Boetsch on UFC 149 next month.

I would assume that Bisping and Stann will meet down the road as a title eliminator considering Dana While has previously hinted that a Lombard win over Stann would justify a title shot, but that’s nothing more than speculation at this point. I’ve not seen an injury mess things up this much since I nearly sliced my finger off working in McDonalds and the whole breakfast shift had to come to a halt while arrangements were made to take me to hospital. In case you’re not sure what’s happened here, we’ll recap:

• Michael Bisping vs Tim Boetsch at UFC 149 on July 21 is off due to a Bisping injury.

• Hector Lombard vs Brian Stann at UFC on Fox 4 on August 4 is off due to a Stann injury.

• Hector Lombard vs Tim Boetsch will go down on July 21 at UFC 149.

• With TUF: The Smashes approaching, Lombard and Bisping as coaches makes a lot of sense.

• Zuffa’s insurance is being well used right now.

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+6 # aint.that.a.kick.in.the.head 2012-06-07 09:18

Calling out an injured fighter takes ZERO balls.

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+22 # Sherko 2012-06-07 11:35

Who needs balls when you got TRT.

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+1 # JohnDanahersHair 2012-06-07 11:47

LOOOOL

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+3 # aint.that.a.kick.in.the.head 2012-06-07 15:12

Fuckin zing lol

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+4 # Guest 2012-06-07 09:22

Bisping has made it pretty clear in previous interviews he'd hate to do a 3rd season, that being said his season with mayhem has been the only decent TUF in recent memory.
Oh and I don't see Lombard beating Bisping, either way would be a good fight.

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0 # synthsis 2012-06-07 09:28

Man, he can't even use correct punctuation on that tweet. pffftt.

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-1 # Guest 2012-06-07 10:13

No, The Smashes has to have British and Australian coaches. Ebersole and Hardy? Hathaway and Sotiropoulos perhaps?

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+2 # Guest 2012-06-07 10:18

Ebersole being like an adopted Australian :/

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+11 # Guest 2012-06-07 10:28

Lombard is also an adopted Australian.

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0 # NokkonWud 2012-06-07 12:09

I thought it was rumoured to be G.Sot vs Ross Pearson?
(which is why he was part of Cruz' coaching team)

On the topic of Bisping vs Lombard, definitely interesting, Bisping is as good as, if not a much better fighter than anyone Lombard has fought, where as Bisping has fought at this level for a long time and has learned from his experiences in defeats to Henderson, Sonnen, Rashad and Wanderlei (the last 3 of which you could debate Bisping deserved the W)

Calling him out is perhaps not smart, but it's definitely a fight down the line that you look at and see coming regardless.

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+12 # Guest 2012-06-07 10:52

Lombard defeated Stann and Bisping without even facing them! He's unstoppable!

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+1 # Sambro 2012-06-07 12:38

Bisping just shit his pants! LOL!

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+1 # Guest 2012-06-07 12:45

bisping as coach again? lol

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-1 # Guest 2012-06-07 15:14

Too bad autocorrect didn't change "calling" to "asking" because that would've been big news.

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+6 # AndersonStyllva 2012-06-07 16:03

Any coach other than Mark Hunt is unacceptable.

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+2 # Sambro 2012-06-07 16:31

Dammit! I'm getting tired of all these injuries. They need to put on an all injured fight card!

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0 # Guest 2012-06-07 16:33

lombard would murder bisping.useless matchup

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+1 # Guest 2012-06-07 19:45

lol 1 hour after Lombard calls out Bisping..Bispin g fakes an injuty..

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0 # Guest 2012-06-08 00:22

Would actually be a good fight.
If bisping turns up like he did against sonnen he would beat lombard.

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