It has been announced that two former middleweight champs have been booked to fight each other at UFC 171 in March. The UFC has announced that former Bellator Middleweight Champion Hector Lombard will be squaring off with former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Jake Shields. Though both men are former middleweight champions, this fight will take place in the UFC's Welterweight Division where Shields once challenged GSP for the title.
After going 1-2 in the UFC's Middleweight Division, Hector Lombard made his welterweight debut in a contest against Nate Marquardt in which he KO'd Marquardt in the first round. Shields is coming off of two straight split decision victories over Tyron Woodley and Demian Maia.
This fight joins the UFC Light Heavyweight title fight between the Champ Jon Jones and Glover Teixeia. Plus another fight at 205 between Thiago Silva and Ovince St. Preux plus TUF 17 alumni Tor Troeng and Bubba McDaniel.
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