Hector Lombard has looked anything less than a world-beater since his inception into the Bellator cage in 2009. There, he has been able to reach a wider audience that may or may not have already known of the obvious talent that the Judoka possesses. And while his true martial art will always be his grappling pedigree, he has slowly but surely become a "knockout artist" in his own right--having finished the likes of UFC veteran Jay Silva with a six-second flurry that put him into unconsciousness. And while some of the casual mixed martial arts fans may not follow all of Lombard's endeavors outside of the Bellator arena, you may want to take notice of the whooping that he placed on another UFC veteran in Joe Doerksen--a fight that turned so ugly, so fast, that the ringside doctor halted the bout inside of the first-round. ...

Fighters.com’s tenth-ranked middleweight “Ely” Paulo Filho (16-1) fill fight Bellator middleweight champion “Shango” Hector Lombard (25-2-1) for the title at Bellator May 20, according to a Tatame report. ...

Gritty Kiwi James Te Huna (11-4) knocked out two-time UFC fighter "Hippo" Anthony Perosh (6-4) in 2:21 to win the Cage Fighting Championship's Light Heavyweight Grand Prix at CFC 10 in Sydney Saturday night.

For Te Huna, it was an arrival on the international MMA scene, and his biggest win to date.

The Mark Hunt (5-6)-trained Te Huna has never lacked the heart of a champion. In a 2006 fight versus Takahiro Oba (4-5) at X-plosion in Sydney, Te Huna's right arm went stiff and motionless while on his back with Oba dropping bombs above him. The referee stepped-in to pause the fight and discovered Te Huna's shoulder had popped out of socket. In Te Huna's corner, Hunt pressed Te Huna's forearm beneath his arm pit and yanked the arm back into socket. Te Huna popped his mouthguard back into his mouth and won a decision over Oba.

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