{"id":52979,"date":"2013-02-28T08:52:20","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T16:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=52979"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:16:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:16:27","slug":"hector-lombard-id-love-to-face-silva-but-know-i-have-to-earn-it-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/hector-lombard-id-love-to-face-silva-but-know-i-have-to-earn-it-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Hector Lombard: &#8216;I&#8217;d love to face Silva, but know I have to earn it&#8217; | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/hector-lombard3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49617\" title=\"hector lombard\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/hector-lombard3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/hector-lombard3.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/hector-lombard3-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/hector-lombard3-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;I would love to face him (Anderson Silva) one day, but to fight with Anderson Silva is not enough just to want. 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