Bellator interested in Johnson, wants to setup a fight against Lombard.

As we all know, Anthony "Rumble" Johnson was released by the UFC following the weight-cut debacle at UFC 142.

Now, sources are saying that Bellator is currently interested in the exiled middleweight.

Bellator CEO, Bjorn Rebney, said a match between Lombard and Johnson may be a reality in the future.

“I believe Hector is the most explosive, dominant middleweight in MMA today. There are a number of great fights out there right now for Hector and under the right circumstances, at the right time, Anthony could be one of them.”

Lombard has struggled to find decent competition outside the ranks of Zuffa to face over the past couple of years but in Johnson, a fighter with a high profile, a decent record and coming off a high profile fight, Bellator may have found their man.

Although Lombard hasn’t written off a run for Anderson Silva’s middleweight championship in the future, the former Olympian is admittedly happy with his role in Bellator.

Moreover, Lombard—undoubtedly to the pleasure of Bellator executives—seems to prefer talking about his current role in the organization more than the possibility of someday competing in the UFC.

At the end of the day, according to Lombard, however, it doesn’t matter which organization he is under contract with—for he believes he is already the top 185-pound competitor in the world of mixed martial arts.

“My game is complete,” Lombard explained. “I have really good stand-up, I’m really good on the floor and I’m a really good wrestler...I feel that I’m the best."