Lombard set to fight Gorczynski this Thursday

Bellator Fighting Championships Middleweight Champion, Hector Lombard will fight Joey Gorczynski in the main event of Bad Blood 3 which will be promoted by GForce Promotions. The event will be held at American Airline Arena in Miami, Florida this Thursday, 4 February and will also feature Jorge Masvidal taking on Luis Palomino in the semi-main event.

Lombard (22-1, 1 draw) will be returning to action following a dominant performance over former UFC fighter Kalib Starnes at CFC 11 in Sydney in November which was the Cuban fighters 11th win on the trot. His opponent Joey Gorczynski (16-7), will come into the fight on a three fight win streak with his last win being over Chad Leondhardt two weeks ago in Oklahoma, USA. Lombard who normally competes at under 84kgs in the middleweight division, will move up in weight and contest this fight at under 93kgs, as a light-heavyweight according to the GForce Promotions official site.

Greg Savage from Sherdog.com also caught with Hector Lombard in a video interview at the American Top Team headquarters.