Upset Alert! Jorge Masvidal Loses, Lombard Victorious

Bellator middleweight champion, Hector Lombard, won his second fight outside of Bellator since winning the title last year. Lombard defeated Joey Gorczynski by unanimous decision at G-Force Fights 3.

Sherdog described Lombard's performance as "lackluster" and that the crowd turned on him due to his poor performance.

Far more shocking was Jore Masvidal's split decision loss to Luis Palomino. Sherdog describes the action as fairly equal but Masvidal was furious with the decision saying,

"I didn’t know low kicks and running won the fight," said Masvidal in a post-fight interview. "Look at my face; I am just as pretty as when I went in."

Masvidal's loss represents one of the problems with co-promotion. A marquee fighter (many had Masvidal making the lightweight finals last year) dropping a fight to an unknown fighter not under contract can create some serious problems for a promotion as it damages the brand and drawing power of the fighter. Of course, Jorge might not have been taking the fight seriously.

Jordan Breen tweeted,

"Three weeks ago, Jorge Masvidal told me he had a tune-up fight. 'Against who?' I asked. 'Shit, I dunno. Some guy. Don't matter,' he said."

Bet he is regretting that decision...