{"id":109568,"date":"2014-08-24T16:12:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T23:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=109568"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:37:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:37:45","slug":"hector-lombard-i-thought-my-career-was-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/hector-lombard-i-thought-my-career-was-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Hector Lombard: &#8220;I Thought My Career Was Gone&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-171-results-lombard-dominates-shields-in-a-unimpressive-decision-win\/hector-lombard-wins-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-89725\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/HEctor-Lombard-Wins-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"HEctor Lombard Wins PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/HEctor-Lombard-Wins-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/HEctor-Lombard-Wins-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/HEctor-Lombard-Wins-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hector Lombard hasn&#8217;t seen the Octagon since his impressive performance against Jake Shields at UFC 171 back in March.  After that it was announced that Lombard would fight Dong Hyun Kim at UFC Macao, however Lombard was forced off the card with a severely herniated disk in his neck.  <\/p>\n<p>Lombard spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/08\/ufcs-hector-lombard-on-new-nickname-concerns-his-career-was-over\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> to talk about the timetable for his return.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was scared.  At first, I thought my career was gone. And then second, I was worried about my health.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lombard wasn&#8217;t the only one worried, the same injury forced his teammate Mike Brown to retire from MMA.  His coach Marcus Silveira expressed his initial worry for &#8216;Showeather&#8217; but explained why Lombard will return from the injury.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe were worried because even if you\u2019re the brightest star as a fighter, that will pass,\u201d Silveira said. \u201cWe want them to have a healthy life, a good life, when that\u2019s over. But I don\u2019t think this will stop Hector. I think it\u2019s going to be a positive for him. It will make him take some time to take care of the injury.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hector Lombard hasn&#8217;t seen the Octagon since his impressive performance against Jake Shields at UFC 171 back in March. After that it was announced that Lombard would fight Dong Hyun Kim at UFC Macao, however Lombard was forced off the card with a severely herniated disk in his neck. Lombard spoke with MMAJunkie to talk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":89725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[9,404,417,9113,11,764,9114,15],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hector Lombard: &quot;I Thought My Career Was Gone&quot; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/hector-lombard-i-thought-my-career-was-gone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hector Lombard: &quot;I Thought My Career Was Gone&quot; | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hector Lombard hasn&#8217;t seen the Octagon since his impressive performance against Jake Shields at UFC 171 back in March. 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