At one time, Hector Lombard had challenged Georges-St-Pierre to a fight at UFC 193 in Melbourne. Several months later, Lombard is stuck on the sidelines awaiting his drug suspension to end following a positive test for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs).

In the span of a few weeks, Lombard explained that he went from a fighter with the world in the palm of his hand to one with nothing at all. It was a 180 degree flip that left a wake of devastation in Lombard's own life.

"I felt that I lost everything in one go," Lombard told Submission Radio. "You know, I was stupid. I shouldn't have listened to anyone. And it's funny 'cause Joe Rogan make a comment about like "oh you know that pill has been around forever. Like how come he, you know wanted to go around the system" or "he wanted to beat the system". I didn't wanna beat no system. I mean I thought that pill was to make me feel better and obviously it didn't. But I will prove once again that there is Hector here for a long time."

Not only did Lombard hinder his own nearing opportunity to challenge for the welterweight title, he also lost the opportunity to compete on the UFC 193 PPV event in Melbourne, Australia.

"It made me cry sometimes, but it is what it is. I mean, I believe that everything happens for a reason. It's like you say, what if I would've the same thing that happened to me would've happened two or three months after? I would be gone. I know I'm gonna get back. I know that I'm gonna be fighting soon and I'm gonna be winning, but what devastates me the most is I wanted to fight so bad on the Melbourne card [UFC 193] and all that is gone."

Transcription taken from Submission Radio.