
The two American Top Team members are expected to be back for season two of Bellator. Lombard will defend his belt against the No. 1 contender determined by the second 185-pound tournament and Masvidal is being planned to rematch Toby Imada.
But before they do, Lombard and Masvidal will face Bellator veterans in Joey Gorczynski in a light heavyweight bout and Luis Palomino in a lightweight bout, respectively.
Lombard (22-2-1) hasn't lost in over three years and his two career losses were against Gegard Mousasi and Akihiro Gono in PRIDE.
Masvidal (19-4) is coming off a TKO victory over former Sengoku lightweight champion Satoru Kitaoka. Like Masvidal, Palamino went two for three in his Bellator stint last year.
The official fight card is below.
Hector Lombard vs. Joey Gorczynski
Luis Palomino vs. Jorge Masvidal
Rene Martinez vs. Chris Pacheco
Vagner Rocha vs. Valdiz Araugo
Eddie Boza vs. Eddie Sanchez
Jonathan Brookins vs. YosDenis Cedeno
Edson Diniz vs. Patrick Mikesz
Manny Reyes vs. Felix Lopez
Andre (Tito) Rybacki vs. Mario Vargas
Alex Caceres vs. Jahmal Mclennan
Chris Silva vs. David Brown
Mario Ramos vs. Anthony Christodoulou
Daniel Chavez vs. Nelson Lopez