Check out middleweight Hector Lombard’s championship victory and Stefanie Guimareas’ knee KO of Yvonne Reis after the jump…

The remaining Bellator tournament finalists, lightweights Eddie Alvarez and Toby Imada and welterweights Hector Lombard and Jared Hess, successfully weighed in on Thursday for Bellator XII, which takes place on Friday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

Twelve other fighters scheduled to compete in non-tourmament bouts at the event also made weight.

Upstart MMA promotion Bellator Fighting Championships will conclude its first season with events on June 12 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut and June 19 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

Middleweights Hector Lombard and Jared Hess will meet on June 19th in the 185-pound finals after both fighters earned first-round TKO victories on Friday at Bellator's week 9 event. The event took place at the Monroe Civic Center in Monroe, Louisiana and will air tonight on ESPN Deportes.

Dana White announced on Thursday UFC Undisputed 2009, Bellator's middleweight tournament participants made weight on Thursday, TJ Grant and Rory Markham are set to square off at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale, KJ Noons is in talks to resume his MMA career with Strikeforce, and more...

Continue reading after the jump for complete results from Bellator's third event, which took place on Friday in Norman, Oklahoma and featured the opening round of the promotion's middleweight tournament, a welterweight tourney bout, and six non-tournament bouts.

Jon Fitch has signed a five-fight extension with the UFC, Bellator has announced the complete lineups for its first three events, Kendall Grove and Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer have been added to UFC 101, and more...

ESPN is making strides this week in adding additional MMA coverage to its Spanish network, ESPN Deportes.
ESPN is reportedly in the planning stages for a series that would tape in the spring and feature featherweight, lightweight, and middleweight fighters in a format similar to “The Contender”, a boxing reality series that previously aired on ESPN.
The [...]

Hector Lombard (16-2-1) will make his EliteXC debut on November 8th at EliteXC “A Night of Champions” in Reno, Nevada against EliteXC middleweight contender Scott Smith (13-5).
A native of Cuba, Lombard will be making his US debut in the November matchup. Lombard, the reigning CFC middleweight champion, is undefeated in his last 11-bouts, including his [...]

An EliteXC “ShoXC” event scheduled for June 27th at the Sycuan Resort in San Diego, California has been postponed after the promotion was unable to secure the venue for the event.
Five Ounces of Pain reported the postponement on Friday, adding that EliteXC officials are likely looking to re-schedule the event.
The rumored fight card included EliteXC [...]

Wanderlei Silva, Rousimar Palhares, Goran Reljic, and Wilson Gouveia took home $75,000 bonuses for their efforts at UFC 84. Silva won “Knockout of the Night” for his 36-second KO win over Keith Jardine. Palhares was awarded “Submission of the Night” for his slick armbar win over veteran Ivan Salaverry. Reljic and Gouveia took home [...]

One of Australia’s most promising young fighters at both middleweight and welterweight and one of the world’s most prolific Judo players, Hector “Shango” Lombard, signed a long-term contract with Los Angeles-based ProElite, Inc.’s live division, EliteXC.
The formal announcement was made today by EliteXC Live Events President Gary Shaw. Terms of the long-term, multi-fight agreement were [...]

Update: We have been told that the UFC has yet to be informed of the visa issue and is looking into the reports. There  is no word on a possible replacement at this time.
This afternoon MMAFrenzy.com was able to speak with Karo Parisyan’s manager about a report that his opponent at UFC 78, Hector Lombard, [...]

Mixed martial artist Hector Lombard was to make his UFC debut November 17th against Karo Parisyan but those plans are now indefinitely on hold. Lombard, a Cuban national, has been denied entry to the United States:
“I’m not going to get my visa,” said Lombard, who was set to fight welterweight Karo Parisyan . “I only [...]

Karo Parisyan will return to the octagon in November at UFC 78 in New Jersey to take on UFC newcomer Hector Lombard, MMAFrenzy.com has confirmed with Parisyan’s manager.
Parisyan will be leaving tomorrow for Las Vegas to train with Xtreme Couture and UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture to prepare for the bout.
Regarded as one of the [...]