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Brock Lesnar's Trainer Explains the Feud Between Josh Barnett and Hector Lombard

The man we saw holding pads for Brock Lesnar last night, MMA legend Erik Paulson, tells FightHubTV the reason that Bellator middleweight champ Hector Lombard called out Strikeforce heavyweight Josh Barnett after his last win (transcribed by Fight Opinion): 

ERIK PAULSON: "OK, well... Hector and Josh sparred really hard since day one here. Hector likes to throw hard, everyone knows that. He likes to spar hard, he likes to throw hard so one day him and Josh in a five-minute round turned a five-minute round of boxing into a 32-minute round of boxing and they just kept hitting each other harder and harder and basically what I did is I just sat and followed them with a mop. I mopped up all the blood because they were both bleeding. That was them, uh, full of piss and vinegar and whatever and they want to do that, it's fight practice, they're both adults, they can do that. So, uh... Hector likes to train hard, that's just his m.o. and Josh grabbed him one day and brought him in the cage when I wasn't here and I walked in and he had Hector down and he said, hey you like to go hard and Josh wouldn't let him up because Hector, they, whatever. They just have a go, so, uh... Hector never forgave him for that and so it's been bothering him and he told Josh that the reason he left here was because of that."

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that's stated

and spelled right in the article. Don’t hate the playa, hate the game. It’s google’s world, I just blog in it.

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by Nate Wilcox on Oct 14, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ahh Nate, that one went over your head.

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by LYHL on Oct 14, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

You’ve never seen Fight Club?

http://www.instrength.com

by Tim Burke on Oct 14, 2010 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

many times actually

is this about when meat loaf died?

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by Nate Wilcox on Oct 14, 2010 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yes it is. I can’t tell if you’re clowning on me now, or you’re really asking.

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by Tim Burke on Oct 14, 2010 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

His name was Robert Paulson.

Guillotine.

by iiowyn on Oct 14, 2010 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

ok

i don’t remember that line but I get the joke now.
lol
showing my age.

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by Nate Wilcox on Oct 14, 2010 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Only half joking I’m afraid, it took me a second to read it as Eric rather than Robert.

Guillotine.

by iiowyn on Oct 14, 2010 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

In death, he has a name

"Don’t quote old fucks to me" – Brent Brookhouse

by Chris Barton on Oct 14, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Josh had mini hulk down

This must’ve been a while ago? Hard to picture anyone pinning down mini hulk other than Brock.

by daftshadow on Oct 14, 2010 2:03 PM EDT reply actions  

32-minute round of boxing and they just kept hitting each other harder and harder

So Joshy can’t even drop a WW even with a half hour of throwing bombs….

This really doesn’t surprise me.

by Lunatic-Fridge on Oct 14, 2010 2:05 PM EDT reply actions  

isnt lombard a mw who probably at the time wasnt cutting weight and near or over 200 lbs

by zuffazombie on Oct 14, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yes

And a total effing bad-ass one, too.

by Rich Hansen on Oct 14, 2010 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

With sparring gloves and head gear, it really shouldn’t surprise you. (granted there was no mention of equipment used)

by Pantherhare on Oct 14, 2010 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hard to blame Barnett for that one

Lombard is well known as a bit of a red-ass in training.

Sounds like Josh gave him some of his own medicine and Hector didn’t like it.

by Steve4192 on Oct 14, 2010 2:18 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

that’s what it seems like to me as well. It’s funny how people feel like they can be jerks all the time and expect people to take it and then have a huge hissy fit when you give them a taste of their own medicine.

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by exsanguinator on Oct 14, 2010 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

White, Dana

" Tell me something Steve, How does a guy from Puerto Rico loose a ball in the Sun? "

by aaronb on Oct 14, 2010 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

the bigger suprise to Josh is that hector didn't like it!!!

his Japanese “young boys” always took it as an honor to get that level of attention from an mma legend.

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by Snatchl on Oct 14, 2010 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

um

was there a bellator last week?

i thought this was a couple weeks ago.

"One should always be cold minded and remember that a ridiculous incident may occur any time."

by VelociAldo on Oct 14, 2010 2:56 PM EDT reply actions  

No there wasn't a Bellator last week and this was a long while ago

It was either Megumi’s first or second fight for Bellator with Hector on the card. Barnett corners Megu and that’s why he was there.

by Polyhedron on Oct 14, 2010 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

I remember it...

Cuz i was asking myself WTF it was about. haha

"One should always be cold minded and remember that a ridiculous incident may occur any time."

by VelociAldo on Oct 14, 2010 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

it is what it is.

indeed.

"One should always be cold minded and remember that a ridiculous incident may occur any time."

by VelociAldo on Oct 14, 2010 3:01 PM EDT reply actions  

him and Josh in a five-minute round turned a five-minute round of boxing into a 32-minute round of boxing and they just kept hitting each other harder and harder and basically what I did is I just sat and followed them with a mop. I mopped up all the blood because they were both bleeding.

Remember that whole article I wrote about head trauma and needing to make sure guys aren’t taking too many shots to the head in training..etc? …yeah

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by Brent Brookhouse on Oct 14, 2010 3:01 PM EDT reply actions  

I don’t think shots to the “head” in training are the only issue with Barnett.

Guillotine.

by iiowyn on Oct 14, 2010 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

I am seeing what you have doing to a there.

by gzl5000 on Oct 14, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

That picture deserves a better caption...

“Don’t make me ask this again…did you eat my peanut butter?”

Guillotine.

by iiowyn on Oct 14, 2010 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

I wasn't expecting a better caption.

Alas, Peanut Butter wins.

Bacon would also have been accepted.

Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.

by nicey on Oct 14, 2010 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Great find KidNate. Paulson must have seen his fair share of in-gym flare-ups. It’s a shame nothing came of his reality docu show.

by KJ Gould on Oct 14, 2010 5:58 PM EDT reply actions  

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