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UFC News: Lombard Dropped From Fight With Parisyan, Immigration Issues
By CagE | October 8, 2007
Sherdog is reporting that Hector Lombard of Cuba has been denied a visa to fight Karo Parisyan at UFC 78 in Newark, New Jersey. A replacement has yet to be named, but with over a month away I’m sure the UFC will have no problem filling his spot.
“I’m not going to get my visa,” said Lombard, who was set to fight welterweight Karo Parisyan. “I only have a Cuban passport, so I’ve been told it’s impossible for me to migrate.
“I went to the American embassy twice and they said no to me both times.”
The Cuban judoka, who makes his home in Australia, is facing the same visa problems that plagued Renato “Babalu” Sobral’s former wrestling coach, Alejo Morales, also a Cuban national. Even though Morales established residency in Brazil, he was never able to travel to the U.S. with “Babalu.”
Topics: News, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) |
October 8th, 2007 at 11:11 am
The US can forgive everyone except Cuba, sometimes I think we act like a bitter Ex with them.
October 8th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
this is BS…why not take care of this crap before you put him on the card, how half assed.
October 14th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
[...] week we reported Hector Lombard was forced out of his fight against Karo Parisyan due to immigration issues. The UFC was forced to mixed up the line up for UFC 78 on November 10. [...]