No sooner had he signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship or the UFC than Hector Lombard, the former Bellator Middleweight Champion has made his intentions known by calling out the UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva to match. Lombard made the switch from Bellator to UFC just last week as it was officially announced by both parties and he came up with the statement saying that he expected to meet Silva, the crowd favorite and the Middleweight Champion in the near future, even if he failed to hold on to his title after the match against Chael Sonnen scheduled for UFC 148 on the 7th of July.
Speaking to the official website of the promotion, Lombard spoke of his immense admiration for the Brazilian Mixed Martial Arts legend and stated that he expected to be the UFC Middleweight Champion and he wants to beat Silva on his way to the championship. But he also added that it wouldn’t make any difference if Anderson Silva wasn’t the champion as well, because it will be his pleasure to be able to test out his skills out against him.
Lombard was born in Cuba but currently resides in Florida in the United States of America where he trains with the American Top Team. Lombard was slated to join the UFC much earlier in his career and the opportunity came in 2007 but VISA issues prevented him from signing up with the top Mixed Martial Arts promotion at that time. But now that the 34 year old has made the jump to the UFC, he wants to utilize this opportunity to full effect and face off with one of the legends of the sport in Anderson Silva.
However, whether he will get to face the man himself in the future is only for Dana White to decide.
Anderson da Silva, when being interviewed by SporTV recently, said, “I’m not sure when I’ll be back. I got an injury in my shoulder and another injury that just happened in my lumbar, so I’m treating myself.”
This Mixed Martial Artist of the Brazilian origin is the current Champion under the UFC’s Middleweight category. Silva is by far the longest reigning champion under UFC. He has made history in the books of UFC by his glorious 14 consecutive wins and 9defense titles. In the words of Dana White, President, UFC; Anderson is “the greatest mixed martial artist ever.”
Silva began his career at the young age of 14 when he started training Tae kwon do and earned a black belt in four years time, by the age of 18. He is a black belt in Judo and holds a yellow rope in Capoeira. In present times, he is famous for his mastery of Muay Thai striking.
Anderson Silva’s striking ability is seen as one of the best in the field of Mixed Martial Arts and he is well distinguished as a rounded fighter among his contemporaries. His chief master skills include his knockout power, vicious Muay Thai and his counter strike abilities. It is because of these that he usually towers over his opponents.
In his striking actions, he applies three major strengths: technical precision, jab and transitions. He switches from southpaw to orthodox quite conveniently. The movements are so smooth that there are negligible drop-offs in effectiveness. He has submitted notable grapplers with his mastery skills and precise qualities of fighting. Anderson da Silva is better known as “The Spider”.
Anderson Silva is successfully marketed by 9INE, a company marketing sports which is co-owned by former Brazilian football player Ronaldo. Since August 2011, he is being sponsored by Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, his own favorite footbal team. Among his other listed sponsors are Burger King, the fast food chain and Nike, the supplier of quality sports equipment.
“The Spider” has not competed since UFC 134 in August, where he defeated Yushin Okami in the main event.
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May 10, 2012 10:01 am | 
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