Lombard: Marquardt can take all the drugs he wants, he still can’t beat me
Ben Askren said it all, Lombard echoed. I think [Marquardt] is a cheater, but [against] me, he can take all…
Ben Askren said it all, Lombard echoed. I think [Marquardt] is a cheater, but [against] me, he can take all the drugs he wants. I’m going to whoop his ass anyway.
Although Marquardt had been scheduled to fight at 170 pounds against Rick Story at UFC Live 4, he has spent most of his career at 185. If he comes to Bellator, Lombard wants him at 185.
I don’t see him making [170]. … He’s a natural 185, Lombard said. He’s been fighting at 185. At one point he was number two in the world at 185.
Lombard claimed that Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney has already offered Marquardt an immediate middleweight title shot that he declined.
There’s no excuses anymore, Lombard said. Don’t say you’ve got a contract with the UFC because he doesn’t have it. He can take the fight and prove everybody wrong.
