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Hector Lombard is a Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

n-Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

. Lombard was a Judo Olympian competing at the Sydney 2000 Olympic games, and is a multiple time national champion and world finalist. After 2000, Lombard began pursuing a career in mixed martial arts. Lombard is currently the middleweight champion of the Australian-based Cage Fighting Championship

Cage Fighting Championship

Cage Fighting Championship is one of the premier Australian mixed martial arts organizations. The promotions most successful alumni is CFC and Bellator middleweight championship, Hector Lombard who has competed in nine CFC events.- Events :...

as well as currently being the middleweight champion of Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. "Bellator", which is Latin for "Warrior", is organized into seasons with each event hosting the rounds of championship knockout tournaments for three-five weight divisions.-History:In its first season,...

.is currently ranked as the #8 Middleweight in the world by fightmagazine.com and #7 according to fightmatrix.com. He holds notable wins over MMA veterans Jesse Taylor

Jesse Taylor

Jesse Marcus Taylor is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7, winning his entry, preliminary, quarterfinal and semi-final matches, and then became the only fighter to ever be removed from finals due to events that occurred...

, Joe Doerksen

Joe Doerksen

Joseph Daniel Doerksen is a Canadian mixed martial artist from New Bothwell, Manitoba. He is a former middleweight contender of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a veteran of the International Fight League...

, Kalib Starnes

Kalib Starnes

Kalib Axel Starnes is a retired Canadian mixed martial artist of Metis descent. He was featured in the third season of the reality TV series, The Ultimate Fighter...

, Jay Silva

Jay Silva

Jay Silva is a Brazilian-Angolan mixed martial artist, who has competed for the UFC and more recently Bellator. He regularly fights at middleweight.-MMA career:...

, Brian Ebersole

Brian Ebersole

Brian Ebersole is an American mixed martial artist. He is currently fighting under the Ultimate Fighting Championship as of February 2011. Ebersole is a veteran of the mixed martial arts world with a total of 64 professional fights. He has been known to have an iron chin, never being knocked out...

, James Te-Huna

James Te-Huna

James Te-Huna is a New Zealand mixed martial artist who is currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Early career and background:Te-Huna is of Maori descent and became the first New Zealander to enter the UFC....

and Alexander Shlemenko

Alexander Shlemenko

Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Early career:...

Mixed martial arts

Hector Lombard, a 4th degree black belt in Judo and former Olympic Judo competitor, emigrated to Queensland, Australia from Cuba. Lombard currently trains at the world-renowned American Top Team facility in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...

. Marcus "Conan" Silveira

Marcus Silveira

Marcus "Conan" Silveira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the Heavyweight division. He won his last fight at PFL - Genesis against Johnathan Ivey on March 31, 2007. He is the co-founder of American Top Team.-Arrest:...

(ATT Head Coach) awarded Lombard with a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu following his victory at CFC 12.

PRIDE

In 2006, Lombard fought twice in Pride Fighting Championship, losing two unanimous decisions to Akihiro Gono

Akihiro Gono

is a Japanese mixed martial artist who currently fights as a welterweight. He is best known for his clever and deceptive fighting style, and for his flashy ring entrances. His fighting style is characterized by skillfully avoiding strikes, using fast counter punches and generally getting the...

and Gegard Mousasi

Gegard Mousasi

Gegard Mousasi, born Geghard Movsesian is an Armenian-Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He is fighting out of Team Jurojin in Leiden, Netherlands and is a member of Russian Red Devil Sport Club and Netherlands' Golden Glory...

, the only losses on his record to date.

Cage Fighting Championship

Lombard headlined the first Cage Fighting Championship show on July 28, 2007, where he fought top Australian fighter Kyle Noke. The result was a controversial draw. On November 23, 2007, Lombard defeated French

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

Kickboxer and Actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

Jean-François Lénogue

Jean-François Lenogue

Jean-François Lénogue is a French professional mixed martial artist, actor and stunt performer who has fought for PRIDE, BAMMA, Cage Rage, Shooto, and Pancrase...

to be the CFC Middleweight Champion. He has defended his title six times with the last title defense coming against Art Santore. Lombard next successfully defended his belt against UFC veteran Joe Doerksen

Joe Doerksen

at CFC 16 on March 25.

EliteXC

On April 18, 2008, EliteXC released a press statement citing the signing of Hector Lombard. His first opponent was scheduled to be Scott Smith

Scott Smith (fighter)

Bryan Scott Smith, , is an American mixed martial artist previously fighting at middleweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship making his debut at UFC 59. He also fought for EliteXC before it folded and currently fights for Strikeforce...

in November, but the fight was later canceled after the collapse of the promotion.

Bellator Fighting Championships

On January 6, 2009, it was announced that Hector Lombard signed an exclusive agreement with Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

.

He fought and defeated Virgil Lozano and Damien Stelly to make it to the finals and fight for the first Bellator middleweight championship belt. Lombard defeated Jared Hess

Jared Hess (fighter)

Jared Hess is an American mixed martial artist. He is most known for his stint fighting for Bellator Fighting Championships in their middleweight division. He was runner up in the middleweight tournament after losing to Hector Lombard.-Biography:Hess grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and attend...

via doctor stoppage in the fourth round to win the middleweight title. Lombard would later be matched up against Alexander Shlemenko

Alexander Shlemenko

Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Early career:...

, who won the second season middleweight tournament.

Lombard was scheduled to face former WEC Middleweight champion Paulo Filho

Paulo Filho

Paulo Fernando de Souza Leite Filho, better known as simply Paulo Filho , is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist as well as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Judo practitioner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...

in a non-title bout on May 13, 2010 at Bellator 18, but Filho pulled out of the bout on May 10 due to an alleged visa

Visa (document)

A visa is a document showing that a person is authorized to enter the territory for which it was issued, subject to permission of an immigration official at the time of actual entry. The authorization may be a document, but more commonly it is a stamp endorsed in the applicant's passport...

issue and was replaced by Jay Silva

Jay Silva

Jay Silva is a Brazilian-Angolan mixed martial artist, who has competed for the UFC and more recently Bellator. He regularly fights at middleweight.-MMA career:...

. Lombard scored the fastest knockout in Bellator history by recording a six second win, surpassing Eddie Sanchez

Eddie Sanchez

Eduardo Arturo Sanchez is an American mixed martial arts fighter.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:On February 3, 2007 at the Ultimate Fighting Championship's UFC 67, he lost to Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović by technical knockout due to punches at 4:33 of the first round, in Filipović's debut fight in...

and his ten second KO win over Jay White.

Lombard then faced former NFL player Herbert Goodman

Herbert Goodman

Herbert "Whisper" Goodman is an American mixed martial artist and former NFL runningback for the Green Bay Packers.-NFL career:...

in a non-title fight on August 12, 2010 at Bellator 24. He won the fight via KO (Punches) in the first round.

On October 28, 2010 Lombard went on to defeat Alexander Shlemenko

Alexander Shlemenko

Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Early career:...

in a 1st season winner vs. a 2nd season winner matchup to retain the Bellator Middleweight Championship at Bellator 34. He also is the first man in Bellator

Bellator Fighting Championships

history to successfully defend his title belt in any weight division. After the fight, Lombard called out Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Ronaldo Souza.

Lombard next fought Falaniko Vitale

Falaniko Vitale

Falaniko "Niko" Vitale is an American mixed martial artist. He competes in the Middleweight division.He holds notable victories over Matt Lindland, Dave Menne, Kalib Starnes and Yushin Okami....

in a non-title bout at Bellator 44. He won via KO in third round, extending his win streak to 22 fights in a row with 1 draw.

Lombard also captured the Inaugural AFC middleweight title when he submitted Ultimate Fighter 7 alumni Jesse Taylor in the second round with a heel hook at Australian Fighting Championship 2. In the first and beginning of the second rounds Lombard used superior strength to out-grapple Taylor.

Mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. "Bellator", which is Latin for "Warrior", is organized into seasons with each event hosting the rounds of championship knockout tournaments for three-five weight divisions.-History:In its first season,...
- Bellator Middleweight Championship (One time; First; Current)
- Bellator Season 1 Middleweight Tournament Winner
- Fastest Recorded Knockout (0:06)
- Most consecutive wins in Bellator (Eight)

Cage Fighting Championship
Cage Fighting Championship
Cage Fighting Championship is one of the premier Australian mixed martial arts organizations. The promotions most successful alumni is CFC and Bellator middleweight championship, Hector Lombard who has competed in nine CFC events.- Events :...
- CFC Middleweight Championship (One time; First; Current)
- Most successful title defenses (Seven)

Australian Fighting Championship
- AFC Middleweight Championship (One time; First; Current)

Xtreme Fighting Championships
- XFC Light Heavyweight Championship (One time; First)

HDNet
HDNet
HDNet is a men's interest television channel in the United States, broadcasting exclusively in high-definition format and available via cable and satellite television...
- 2009 Bazzie Awards: Bloodbath of the Year vs. Jared Hess
  Jared Hess (fighter)
  Jared Hess is an American mixed martial artist. He is most known for his stint fighting for Bellator Fighting Championships in their middleweight division. He was runner up in the middleweight tournament after losing to Hector Lombard.-Biography:Hess grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and attend...
  
  on June 19

Judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

International Judo Federation
International Judo Federation
The International Judo Federation was founded in July 1951. The IJF was originally composed of judo federations from Europe plus Argentina. Countries from four continents were affiliated over the next ten years. Today the IJF has 200 National Federations on all continents...
- 2004 Gold : Australian Open, 81 kg and Open Weight (+100 kg)
- 2002 Bronze : International Open Tre Torri, Italy – 73 kg
- 2002 Silver : International Open Guido Sieni Tournament, Italy – 73 kg
- 2001 Gold : Torneo International Jose Ramon Rodrigues City Santiago de Cuba – 73 kg
- 2001 Silver : Tre Torri International Open – 73 kg
- 2001 7th Place: Hungarian Open – 73 kg
- 2001 Bronze : World Masters Germany – 73 kg
- 2001 Silver : Austria Open – 73 kg
- 2000 Member of the Cuban Olympic Team – 73 kg
- 2000 Gold : Torneo International Jose Ramon Rodriges, City Santa Clara – 73 kg
- 1999 7th Place: Paris Open – 73 kg
- 1998 Silver : Campeonato Ibero Americano – 73 kg

Federacion Cuba de Judo
- 2002 Undefeated: World Team Championships, Suiza – 73 kg
- 2001 Gold : Cuban National Championships, City Santiago de Cuba – 73 kg
- 2000 Gold : Cuban National Championships, City Santa Clara – 73 kg
- 1999 Gold : Cuban National Championships – 73 kg
- 1998 Silver : National Seniors Cuba Championship – 73 kg
- 1997 Bronze : National Seniors Cuba Championship, Ciudad de la Havana – 73 kg
- 1997 Gold : Junior Cuba Nationals Championship, Ciudad Santa Clara – 73 kg
- 1994 College National Champion, City Las Tunas – 71 kg
- 1993 College National Champion, City Ciudad de la Havana – 71 kg
- 1991 College National Champion, City Isla de la Juventud – 52 kg

Mixed martial arts record

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Trevor Prangley

Trevor Prangley is a South African mixed martial artist who currently fights for Strikeforce. He has previously fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and competes in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions...

Hollywood, Florida

-Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...

, U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Jesse Taylor

Australia

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Falaniko Vitale

Falaniko "Niko" Vitale is an American mixed martial artist. He competes in the Middleweight division.He holds notable victories over Matt Lindland, Dave Menne, Kalib Starnes and Yushin Okami....

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...

, U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Joe Doerksen

Australia

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Alexander Shlemenko

Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Early career:...

Hollywood, Florida

, U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Herbert Goodman

Herbert "Whisper" Goodman is an American mixed martial artist and former NFL runningback for the Green Bay Packers.-NFL career:...

Hollywood, Florida

, U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Jay Silva

Jay Silva is a Brazilian-Angolan mixed martial artist, who has competed for the UFC and more recently Bellator. He regularly fights at middleweight.-MMA career:...

Monroe, Louisiana

Monroe is a city in and the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,107, making it the eighth largest city in Louisiana. A July 1, 2007, United States Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 51,208, but 51,636...

, U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Australia

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Miami, Florida

, U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Kalib Starnes

Kalib Axel Starnes is a retired Canadian mixed martial artist of Metis descent. He was featured in the third season of the reality TV series, The Ultimate Fighter...

Australia

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Jared Hess

Jared Hess (fighter)

Hollywood, Florida

, U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Monroe, Louisiana

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United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Norman, Oklahoma

Norman is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and is located south of downtown Oklahoma City. It is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, Norman was to have 110,925 full-time residents, making it the third-largest city in Oklahoma and the...

, U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Australia

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Brian Ebersole

Australia

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Australia

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Australia

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Australia

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Jean-François Lenogue

Jean-François Lénogue is a French professional mixed martial artist, actor and stunt performer who has fought for PRIDE, BAMMA, Cage Rage, Shooto, and Pancrase...

Australia

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Australia

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Kyle Noke

Kyle Noke is an Australian professional mixed martial artist who currently fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Noke has also fought for EliteXC and the Australian fighting promotion Spartan Reality Fight...

Australia

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Australia

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Gold Coast, Queensland

Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...

, Australia

Australia

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James Te-Huna

Australia

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Bunkyo, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. Situated in the middle of the ward area, Bunkyō is a residential and educational center. Beginning in the Meiji period, literati like Natsume Sōseki, as well as scholars and politicians have lived there...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Gegard Mousasi

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|Pride Bushido 13

PRIDE Bushido 13

Pride Bushido 13 also known as Pride Bushido Survival Finals was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships.-Background:This event consisted of the semifinal and final rounds of the Bushido Welterweight Grand Prix....

Japan

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Jae Young Kim
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Australia

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Akihiro Gono

Saitama, Saitama

' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance...

, Japan

Japan

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Gold Coast, Queensland

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Australia

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Daiju Takase

Daiju Takase is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He has fought as a middleweight and welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and PRIDE Fighting Championship...

Gold Coast, Queensland

, Australia

Australia

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Gold Coast, Queensland

, Australia

Australia

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Gold Coast, Queensland

, Australia

Australia

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Australia

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Gold Coast, Queensland

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Australia

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Modified Rules: Fight Record

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Rd.	Location	Notes
Win	3-0	Aaron Boyes	KO	Xplosion 18	2008-03-29	2	Sydney, Australia	X-Rules
Win	2-0	Daniel Patterson	Decision (Unanimous)	Prosecution 2	2007-06-15	3	Melbourne, Australia	Muay Thai
Win	1-0	Ronnie Najjar	Decision (Unanimous)	Fight Force Event at QBH	2007-03-04	3	Melbourne, Australia	Muay Thai

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