Hector Lombard made quick work of Jay Silva last night at Bellator 18. Lombard was originally scheduled to face Paulo Filho, but issues with paperwork for his visa scraped that fight, forcing Bellator enlist Jay Silva as a last minute replacement.
Bellator: Paulo Filho vs Hector Lombard
Bellator Fighting Championships announced today that its reigning middleweight champion, Hector Lombard, will fight a non-title “Super Fight†against former WEC Champion Paulo Filho at Bellator 18.
The fight will take place on Thursday, May 13th and will be televised live on FOX Sports Net and on highlight shows the following Saturday night, May 15th, on NBC and Telemundo. The venue for the event will be announced in the coming days.
Bellator 12 Results, Alvarez and Lombard Win Titles
Bellator Fighting Championships finished off its inaugural season on Friday night in Hollywood Florida, by crowning its first ever lightweight and middleweight champions. Eddie Alvarez earned the BFC lightweight champion after submitting Toby Imada in the second round. Hector Lombard is the BFC middleweight champion after a cut stopped Jared Hess from continuing midway tough the forth round. Lombard improves to a fifteen fight winning streak with the win on Friday night.
Bellator Title Fights
- Eddie Alvarez defeats Toby Imada via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 0:38 of R2
- Hector Lombard defeats Jared Hess via TKO (Cut-Stoppage) at 1:45 of R4.
Non-Championship Results
- Fabio Mello defeats Sami Aziz via Submission (Armbar) at 1:58 of R3.
- Jorge Masvidal defeats Eric Reynolds via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:33 of R3.
- Sergio Moraes defeats Josh Martin via Submission (Triangle Choke) at 4:21 of R1.
- Rosi Sexton defeats Valerie Coolbaugh via Submission (Armbar) at 3:40 of R1.
- Luis Palomino defeats Troy Gerhart via Unanimous Decision.
- Stefanie Guimaraes defeats Yvonne Reis via TKO (Knee) at 0:49 of R1.
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