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Hector Lombard talks about the KO

UFC middleweight Hector Lombard, from Australia, weighs-in in

Photo credit: AP

Remember when lots of folks talked about UFC middleweights Hector Lombard and Rousimar Palhares as top-of-the-line fighters inching toward a title shot?

So what happens when the two of them are scheduled to get into the cage against each other? Very little talk, very little hype, very under the radar.

Weird.

But they're talking now after Lombard knocked out Palhares in the first...

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