Lombard is coming to UFC

“@lorenzofertitta: @edalvarezfight hey been meaning to introduce myself"

" Eddie Alvarez ‏ @EdAlvarezFight
@Lorenzofertitta lol just seen this ,its an honor brother,I think we already know each other . On my Way to Atlanta 4 some fights"

Alvarez, who has one fight remaining on his current contract, looked over at Rebney during his post-fight interview with one request: "Show me the money."

An amused Rebney stood cageside smiling and clapping as Alvarez addressed the crowd.


"I just could not be happier for this guy," Rebney said. "It's a big win. It reestablishes him as one of the greatest 155-pounders in the world. And he's just an absolute class act. It's been a pleasure working with him. I hope we are able to continue working with him for years to come."

So does that mean Rebney will, in fact, be showing him the money?

"I don't think he's left me with a lot of choice, do you?" Rebney said. "I knew going into it that a win in this kind of fight would obviously do for Ed, what Ed wanted to do for Ed.

"Ultimately, and it sounds counterintuitive, but it was what I was hoping he would do, which was have a spectacular performance and reestablish himself. Ed was riding an incredible wave, and it has been awesome for this promotion since its very infancy."

Alvarez was the season-one lightweight-tournament winner and held the title for two-and-a-half years before losing to Michael Chandler in November at Bellator 58 in a back-and-forth war widely recognized as one of the best fights of 2011.

Despite being vocal about wanting an immediate rematch, it was not granted to Alvarez. He was told he would have to go back into the next lightweight tournament to earn another shot at Chandler. Alvarez declined the invitation.

"I feel like I would have had no problem [entering the lightweight tournament] if I had the number of fights on my contract," Alvarez said. "You know, I have a family. And just like everyone in here, I'm trying to get paid just like everyone else. So you can't blame me for that."

After appearing as if he was simply riding out the rest of his deal in order to move on, there may actually be light at the end of the tunnel for Alvarez and Bellator. But that remains to be seen.

After all, Alvarez is already a bit pricier than he was just a few short hours ago.

"I still have eight or nine months left on my contract with Bellator or one or two fights," Alvarez said. "I’m waiting to finalize things, but I believe we are going to be doing the fight with Shinya Aoki. That would be on April 20, but we just received the contracts and we are looking them over. Nothing is 100 percent right now, but that is what we are aiming to do."

Sheldan wrote:Hector Lombard has officially signed with the UFC.

The_Axe_Emperor wrote: I'm not sold on Lombard. Someone like Okami would be a good introduction.