Bellator: Paulo Filho vs. Hector Lombard in works for May 20
Both parties have now signed and agreed on this bout. Hector Lombard has been a force too reckon with since Pride FC’s reign. Many fans don’t even know who Lombard is or his close decision loss, too Gerard Mousasi (ex MW dream champ, current Strikeforce LHW champ) that was on his upward climb too MW Gold for Dream. Lombard has an awesome track record of 24 wins, 2 losses and one no contest. He’s currently on a 18 fight win streak, defending the Bellator MW belt and calling out the best in his weight class, like the infamous Dan henderson.
Lombard has a lot of hype but on the other hand we have another fighter who was ranked #2 in most mma World rankings for about 3 years and that is Paulo Filho. He had a viscious reputation for submitting people and was ranked behind only the best pound for pound fighter Anderson Silva. Anderson and Paulo were such good of friends, that they both agreed to not fight each other ever out of respect.
Filho did have some personal issues and ended up loosing for the first time in a bizzare fight against Chael Sonnen, whom is now ranked 4th in the world. Filho shouldn’t have dropped out of the MW scene so quick due too one loss, but kept on struggling with his personal issues. This fight for Filho is as important as it is to Lombard. Both have a lot to gain from this encounter and both would also backtrack with the defeat. Lombard would solidify himself as a top 10 fighter and comparatively, Filho would be a force too reckon in any organization’s MW class. I conclude this post with Viva Shango, and this will be a war, mark my words…
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