{"id":124733,"date":"2015-01-04T16:20:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T00:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=124733"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:58:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:58:11","slug":"lombard-calls-fight-macdonald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/lombard-calls-fight-macdonald\/","title":{"rendered":"Lombard Calls For Fight Against MacDonald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Lombard.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Lombard.jpg\" alt=\"Lombard\" width=\"730\" height=\"512\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Lombard.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Lombard-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Lombard-570x400.jpg 570w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Lombard-356x250.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recently it was announced Tarec Saffiedine was forced to withdraw from his UFC Fight Night bout against Matt Brown next month. With Hector Lombard defeating Josh Burkina last night at UFC 182, many are calling for a bout between Brown and Lombard.<\/p>\n<p>Lombard spoke about the possibility at the post-fight press conference, saying he would rather fight Rory MacDonald for the #1 contender spot.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think Rory MacDonald makes more sense for me.  I think that he\u2019s not going to fight for the title, so I think it makes sense.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Lombard fight next? Sound off below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently it was announced Tarec Saffiedine was forced to withdraw from his UFC Fight Night bout against Matt Brown next month. With Hector Lombard defeating Josh Burkina last night at UFC 182, many are calling for a bout between Brown and Lombard. 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