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Bellator middleweight champ Hector Lombard successfully returned to the promotion on Thursday for the first time in nearly a year, scoring a 6-second knockout of late-replacement Jay Silva in a non-title ‘super fight’ that headlined Bellator 18 in Monroe, Louisiana.
Also on the card, featherweight Joe Warren earned a unanimous decision over Georgi Karakhanyan to advance to the finals of Bellator’s 145-pound tournament, where he’ll face Patricio “Pitbull” Freire, who topped Wilson Reis by unanimous decision on Thursday to earn his spot in the finals.
The official Bellator 18 results were:
- Hector Lombard def. Jay Silva via KO (punches) – Round 1, 0:06
- Patricio “Pitbull” Freire def. Wilson Reis via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Joe Warren def. Georgi Karakhanyan via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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Pictured: Hector Lombard
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so when is my boy Hector gonna get a chance against current UFC talent..
Warren vs. Pitbull will be interesting, Warren has gotten all his victories with his wrestling, and his one loss came to a submission (though the tap was somewhat controversial). Pitbull showed good takedown defense against Reis who is no slouch, but I’m not sure that his wrestling is quite on the same level as Warren’s. Warren very well could get caught by one of Pitbull’s subs. I highly doubt this fight will take place standing up, because Pitbull definitely is better than Warren there, so I think he would rather take his chances on the ground in wrestling v. BJJ than wrestling v. Muay Thai stand up.
I posted earlier today that I thought that Jay Silva would make a better showing against Hector Lombard than the troubled Paulo Filho would have, but Filho could hardly have done any worse…
wow, hector lombard has easily certified himself as a top ten, jay silva was a really good stand up fighter, thats crazy
Top ten? I don’t know if I would go that far…
6 seconds?! What did Silva do walk from his corner hands down chin up for Hektor to tag it or something?
Maybe he had a plane to catch.
“What did Silva do walk from his corner hands down chin up for Hektor to tag it or something?”
Yeah, pretty much. I noticed his hands were really low.
Wasn’t Lombard supposed to fight in the UFC, but had Visa troubles? Are am i thinking of someone else or another promotion (maybe EliteXC)? wonder how he would have done if he had made it to the UFC.