The name Hector Lombard is very familiar to MMA fans. He fights in the UFC’s stacked Welterweight division, where he manhandled both Nate Marquardt and Jake Shields. In the Marquardt fight Lombard’s ferocious striking was the deciding factor, knocking Nate flat in less two minutes. In the Shields fight we were witness to the world-class grappling skill Hector possesses as he absolutely dominated Jake at his own game.
With two wins back-to-back Hector’s stock was rising fast, and the #6 ranked Welterweight was looking to break into the top five. UFC’s president, Dana White, tried to make that happen by matching Lombard up with #3 ranked Welterweight Tyron Woodley; however, when Woodley was asked to fight Lombard he turned the fight down flat, citing that he would not fight “Showeather” because they were training partners. Hector doesn’t see it that way.
I sat down with Lombard and got his views on Woodley, moving up weight classes, and wanting to “beat up” Gregard Mousasi.
Aaron Robbins: Hector, thank you so much for taking the time to sit down and talk with me.
Hector Lombard: “Of course, no problem.”
AR: Ok Hector the fans want to know what’s really going on with the Woodley situation. Do you feel he’s ducking you?
HL: “Oh yeah, he is ducking me because he knows I’m going to take him out, that’s for sure. He can’t strike with me, I’m a better striker. He can’t wrestle with me, my grappling is better. He can’t beat me, I’m a real fighter, and he is not. I wanted to fight him, but he came up with all kinds of excuses. It makes me wonder when the UFC will stop letting fighters choose who they won’t fight.
“I understand that the UFC is working hard to get me a fight, I’m not blaming them, Woodley denied the fight. I understand if you are injured, you cannot fight, but don’t come up with bullshit excuses! Don’t start with the he is #6 and I am #3 thing. If he is worried about that, then why did he go and fight Dong Hyun Kim? He fought Kim, who is #10, but he won’t fight me. It has nothing to do with rank. Don’t make excuses like you have no intentions of going back in rank to fight guys.
“He has it confused that we are training partners, we’re not! I have been telling everybody that we don’t train together. I may have trained once with him like six years ago, something like that. Besides that he doesn’t train with me, he trains where he lives. When he comes to American Top Team it’s to get ready for his training camp. He uses the facility and the training partners for his own purpose, and he’s gone, he’s out of the way.
“This guy has been saying that he doesn’t want to fight his training partner, and that he doesn’t want to damage my brain. I’m like, don’t lie. First of all, we never train together, we are not training partners and he couldn’t care less for me. He is just coming up with excuses to get away from me. I don’t know where he gets that, just stop with that lie dude. I was listening to an interview he did the other day, and he was saying that people don’t understand when it comes to fighting training partners, that the fighters have to call and agree to fight. I was listening to this liar talking all this bullshit and it really bothers me. Why should I call him and ask him if it’s ok to get a fight? He is so stuck on the training partner thing; it makes me wonder why he is being so fake.
“We never trained together, that’s the first thing and I’ve got to make it clear, Tyron Woodley is the biggest fake guy out there. They call him a killer, he’s no killer. I call him everywhere I go, and all I get is excuses! Number one faker in the game is Tyron Woodley; he is a big, big liar piece of shit! Put it out there, Put it out there everywhere! I want everybody to see it!”
AR: I will get that message out there Hector, thank you for being so honest. Since it seems like Tyron won’t fight you, what do you think of a match against Matt Brown?
HL: “I think that they are trying to schedule that fight. I think the UFC is working on it. I think that’s going to be my future fight. I’m having difficulties; it’s been hard for me to get a fight at 170. That’s the reason I want to go to 185 and get some fights there. I don’t know what’s going on, but I just want to get a fight dude.”
AR: So if the fight with Matt Brown doesn’t materialize, you will be going up to 185?
HL: “Yeah, I don’t think it’s right for me to have to do that to get a fight. I went down to Welterweight for a reason, but what else am I going to do, you know?”
AR: I agree completely; however, if you do have to go up to Middleweight it has been said that you want Gregard Mousasi. Give us your thoughts on that fight.
HL: “I fought him like eight or nine years ago. I was given the fight on short notice. At that time I was working full time, but I took the fight and a week later I was in Japan. I would like to beat him up, I think he is overrated. I’ve never been impressed with him; he’s not the kind of guy that can beat the strongest guys at Welterweight, like I said just overrated.”
AR: Alright, I have to be honest I’m hoping for the Matt Brown fight. Is there anything else you would like to say?
HL: “I would like to thank the UFC for letting me be part of the organization, it makes me proud to call myself a UFC fighter. Thank you to my team, American Top Team, they understand what is really going on, they know what the situation is. I want to say thanks to all my sponsors, and I want to thank God for all he does.”
Thank you for reading. Please take a moment to follow me on Twitter – @LWOS_chirodoc. Support LWOS by following us on Twitter – @LastWordOnSport and @LWOSworld – and “liking” our Facebook page.
For the latest in sports injury news, check out our friends at Sports Injury Alert.
Have you tuned into Last Word On Sports Radio? LWOS is pleased to bring you 24/7 sports radio to your PC, laptop, tablet or smartphone. What are you waiting for?
Main Photo:
