Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight contender Hector Lombard recently assessed the promotion's 170-pound division, and outside of some faint praise for reigning division kingpin Robbie Lawler, compliments were few and far between.
Lombard, who is currently serving a disciplinary suspension after getting duped in fight camp, wants to (eventually) fight in Australia, but is having trouble lining up opponents. That includes longtime mixed martial arts (MMA) veteran Patrick Cote, winner of two straight.
"I called him out before and he didn't answer," Lombard told Submission Radio. "I called him out twice, he was nowhere to be found, so whatever, man.