{"id":119755,"date":"2014-11-19T09:55:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T17:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=119755"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:08:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:08:18","slug":"lombard-burkman-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/lombard-burkman-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Lombard on Burkman fight: &#8220;It is what it is\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/lombard-burkman-fight\/lombard-10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-119756\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Lombard.png\" alt=\"Lombard\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-119756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Lombard.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Lombard-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Lombard-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hector Lombard is currently gearing up for his UFC 182 bout against Josh Burkman, however despite being thrilled to return to the Octagon after nearly a year-long layoff, &#8216;Showeather&#8217; wishes he was fighting someone higher in the welterweight rankings.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/11\/hector-lombard-on-josh-burkman-i-wish-i-was-fighting-a-higher-ranked-opponent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI wish I could fight a higher (ranked) opponent,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it is what it is.  I\u2019m happy for this opportunity, and my goal right now is to win this fight and move forward.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A win over Burkman would extend his current win streak to 3, and would likely move Lombard closer to the top 5 in the welterweight ladder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hector Lombard is currently gearing up for his UFC 182 bout against Josh Burkman, however despite being thrilled to return to the Octagon after nearly a year-long layoff, &#8216;Showeather&#8217; wishes he was fighting someone higher in the welterweight rankings. He spoke to MMAJunkie. \u201cI wish I could fight a higher (ranked) opponent,\u201d \u201cBut it is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":119756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[9,404,4027,11,937,15,8678],"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>Lombard on Burkman fight: &quot;It is what it is\u201d | 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\/lombard-burkman-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lombard on Burkman fight: &quot;It is what it is\u201d | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hector Lombard is currently gearing up for his UFC 182 bout against Josh Burkman, however despite being thrilled to return to the Octagon after nearly a year-long layoff, &#8216;Showeather&#8217; wishes he was fighting someone higher in the welterweight rankings. 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