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. ...

A pair of brothers will be looking to make their mark at the recently-made-official UFC 124: “St. Pierre vs. Koscheck” event. Jim Miller and Dan Miller will be sharing more than a familial bond when they compete at the event headlined by Georges St. Pierre defending his UFC Welterweight Championship against arch-rival Josh Koscheck; they’ll be sharing and competing for the spotlight. Here are all the details. ...

A fairly new addition to the UFC's already massive exposure to it's fan base, SpikeTV officials were able to confirm in July that there would be a joint venture once again between the promotion and network company, in order to broadcast 2 selected fights, as part of a special "UFC Prelims" feature. SpikeTV officials were able to confirm that the one hour special will two bouts, both in the middleweight division. ...

Middleweight “El Dirte” Joe Doerksen (44-12) has been tapped for a return to the UFC versus “Filthy” Tom Lawlor (6-2) in place of injured “Crazy” Timothy Credeur (12-2) at UFC 113 in Montreal May 8, according to Sherdog. Doerksen rides five-right win streak back into the Octagon for the first time since a TKO loss to “The Athlete” Jason MacDonald (20-13) at UFC 83 in April 2008.  He won a split decision over "Hitman" Chad Herrick (6-5) at King of the Cage in Detroit April 16. Lawlor lost a split decision to  Aaron Simpson (6-0) at UFC Fight Night 20 in Fairfax, Virginia January 11. ...

Former EliteXC heavyweight champ “Junior” Antonio Silva (13-1) won his sixth straight when he tapped out "Big" Jim York (9-2) at 3:51 of round one at Sengoku Tenth Battle in Tokyo Tuesday night. It was Silva's second first-round stoppage in two tries at Sengoku; and, there are whispers Silva and eighth-ranked “Babyface Assassin” Josh Barnett (20-5) are on a collision course. ...

Canadian middleweight and former UFC and WEC fighter “El Dirte” Joe Doerksen (42-12) will take on Takenori Sato (2-5-2) at Sengoku Tenth Battle in Tokyo 23 September, World Victory Road announced Tuesday. Doerksen tapped “Blade” Gregory Babene (5-4) at CFC 2 in Winnipeg 22 May. Sato fought to a draw for the middleweight King of Pancrase title versus Izuru Takeuchi (25-10-5) at Pancrase in Tokyo 8 August. ...

Sengoku announced "Junior" Antonio Silva (12-1), "Lion" Ryan Schultz (20-11-1), "El Dirte" Joe Doerksen (42-12), Kazunori Yokota (8-2-2), Makoto Takimoto (4-5), and Hiroshi Izumi (0-0) will all make appearances at 10th Battle in Tokyo 23 September. Heavyweight Silva has refuged in Japan as an outlaw since testing positive for banned substances after TKOing Justin Eilers (19-7-1) for the EliteXC strap in Stockton in July 2008 resulting in a suspension from the California State Athletic Commission. Silva denies the charges. He took a TKO due to injury over "Kiss" Yoshihiro Nakao (8-2) at Sengoku in Tokyo last January. ...

World Victory Road has officially added their Middleweight Grand Prix to Sengoku 6, taking place 1 November in Saitama, Japan. The winner of the tournament will face Fighters.com’s ninth-ranked middleweight “Grabaka Hitman” Kazuo Misaki (20-8-2) for the first-ever middleweight belt 4 January in Saitama at Sengoku 7. Kazuhiro Nakamura (12-8) will face Yuki Sasaki (22-14-1), and Jorge Santiago (18-7) will face “Afghan Killa” Siyar Bahadurzada (14-3-1). The event already features a lightweight tournament to determine an opponent for Fighters.com’s second-ranked lightweight “Fireball Kid” Takanori Gomi (29-3) at Sengoku 7 for the title. The bouts remaining in the lightweight tournament are Satoru Kitaoka (21-8-9) versus sixth-ranked Eiji Mitsuoka (14-5-2), and Kazunori Yokota (7-1-3) versus Mizuto Hirota (10-2). WVR also announced that Fighters.com’s Fighter of the Month “King Mo” Muhammed Lawal (1-0) will fight, although an opponent has not yet been determined. “GameBred” Jorge Masvidal (14-3) versus Seung Hwan Bang (5-2) is also official. Joe Doerksen (40-12) revealed through MySpace Tuesday that he has agreed to fight Izuru Takeuchi (25-9-6). ...

The UFC has struck again, releasing middleweight "El Dirte" Joe Doerksen (39-12) Tuesday. Doerksen was on the wrong end of "Knockout of the Night" versus "The Athlete" Jason MacDonald (20-9) 11 days ago in Montréal. "(The UFC officials) made it very clear they're very happy with the way I fight and they want me to come back," Doerksen told Sportsnet.ca.  "But they need me to go put a couple of wins together (first)." Doerksen joins fellow middleweights "The Serial Killer" Travis Lutter and Kalib Starnes in the unemployment line after fighting at UFC 83. The 30-year old veteran made his UFC debut in August 2004, submitting on strikes to "Diesel" Joe Riggs (27-10).  Since, "El Dirte" is 1-5 in the organization and another loss in UFC brother promotion the WEC. The bright spotlight has been too hot for Doerksen, but his docket lists "W's" over Denis Kang (29-10-1), "Crippler" Chris Leben (18-4), Riki Fukuda (9-3), and "The Natural" John Alessio (22-11) on other stages. "I'm sure I'll be back again," Doerkson said. ...

Canada welcomed in the UFC Saturday night in Montréal; and, the UFC welcomed back in Canada as "Rush" Georges St. Pierre (16-2) avenged his loss to "The Terror" Matt Serra (9-5) by second-round TKO to capture sole possession of the UFC welterweight title before his countrymen and fellow Quebecois. Former UFC Middleweight Champion and Fighters.com's second-ranked 185-pounder "Ace" Rich Franklin (23-3) also found the land of maple leaf friendly in a second-round TKO of "The Serial Killer" Travis Lutter (9-5). TUF Champions "The Count" Michael Bisping (15-1) and Mac Danzig (18-4-1) debuted in new weight classes with stoppages. Les habitants "The Athlete" Jason MacDonald (20-9), "Dooms" Jason Day (17-5), and Jonathan Goulet (22-9) also had success for the home team, while "The Rock" Nathan Quarry (10-2), Demian Maia (7-0), "No Love" Rich Clementi (31-12-1), and Cain Velasquez (3-0) scored wins as visitors to the true north, strong and free. Though seven of the 11 duels on 83's lineup featured St. Pierre's fellow countrymen, this French-Canadian bon soirwas entirely the Quebecois phenom's. He entered the Octagon blazing a crimson gi with the strength of 22,000 at the Centre Bell. Serra had played a clever villain during the event's promotional tour, but had no quips for "Rush" as St. Pierre packed him into the mat upon stuffing Serra's initial shot. St. Pierre mauled "The Terror" with short, sharp elbows as Serra pedaled through guards, all passed by St. Pierre. Serra finally crawled up the cage to his feet. In the center of the cage, St. Pierre blasted Serra with a Superman punch, setting up a double-leg takedown near the end of round one. Serra, a mouse puffing beneath his right eye, emptied his tank about 90 seconds into round two as "Rush" tagged "The Terror" with five snapping jabs before planting him back onto the mat with a double-leg takedown. St. Pierre's G'n'P onslaught poured on, driving Serra into turtle guard. A series of unanswered rib-rattling knees persuaded referee Steve Mazzagatti to end the fight at 4:45. "I tired him out," explained the best 170-pound fighter in the world. Serra countered, "I ended up coming up short, no pun intended." Welterweights Goulet and Kuniyoshi Hironaka (11-5) both pocketed 75 grand for battling the "Fight of the Night" in the card's opening bout. Goulet got the worst of it in the punch-up's first round. Attempting to press his striking advantage, Goulet got tagged with a short Hironaka left hook. The Japanese fighter fell the Canadian and followed with a mix of fists and elbows to close the round. "He tried to finish me," Goulet admitted after the fight, "but he got too excited. I was careful because of my experience." The two fighters traded evenly to open the second before Hironaka was stunned with a punch that backed him to the cage. Goulet stalked with a flurry that dropped his opponent for a TKO at 2:07. In the co-main event, Franklin also rebounded from a lost first round in which Lutter took the former champ to the mat and worked his jiu-jitsu juju. Franklin was nearly tapped in an armbar before he countered in a nifty maneuver that rolled him into Lutter's full guard. Lutter had worn himself weary by the second round and got caught with head kick as he shot for single-leg takedown. Franklin hammered "The Serial Killer" and motioned for the referee to stand him up. "Ace" picked Lutter apart on their feet with a combination of slick boxing and knees until the referree stopped the fight at 3:01 Danzig predicted to Fighters.com that Mark Bocek (5-2) is susceptible to a knee and the debuting 155-pounder delivered three big knees to set Bocek up for a rear naked choke submission at 3:48 of the third round. "I paced myself, and I needed that; because, if I didn't pace myself I wouldn't have been able to do what I did in the last round," Danzig said. His fellow TUF Champion Bisping debuted at 185-pounds with a dominant TKO "W" over "Chainsaw" Charles McCarthy (10-5), who was unable to continue due to an arm injury after round one. "Charles couldn't get up," "The Count" expalined after the fight. Middleweight Quarry chased down a timid Kalib Starnes (8-3-1), who probably ran himself out of the UFC, for a unanimous decision. Middleweight MacDonald added $75,000 to his bank balance with a "(T)KO of the Night" versus Joe Doerksen (39-12) at 54 seconds of the second round. Middleweight Maia also earned 75 grand for "Submission of the Night", a triangle choke of "Short Fuse" Ed Herman (14-5) at 2:27 of round two. Middleweight Day made a successful UFC debut with a 3:58 TKO of "The Talent" Alan Belcher (12-5). Lightweight Clementi ruined Canadian "Hands of Stone" Sam Stout's (13-4-1) homecoming with a split decision victory. Finally, touted heavyweight Velasquez only spent 2:10 in his Octagon debut before TKOing Brad Morris (9-3). ...