Last month, Luke Rockhold stated that he has no interest in fighting, and he apparently still feels the same way. Anthony Smith is still interested in a fight with Luke Rockhold. Till would be a fun fight, it would be fun to do in the O2 arena… I don’t know how I feel fighting with no fans,” Rockhold said on Till, who is coming off a unanimous decision loss to former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker this past July at UFC Fight Island 3, is already If Till were to lose to Hermansson in December then Rockhold would be open to a bout with “Joker.” And if all else fails, the former UFC middleweight champion is always open to another clash with Weidman.“I like Jack Hermansson, kid has done well for himself.
It’s not a fight. “A lot of interesting choices,” Rockhold teased.
Chris Weidman is always opening his mouth, I would love to shut his mouth,” Rockhold said “He is always talking post-fight as if he beat me or would beat me and never really shut up about it. It's one of the best and underrated offensive Jiu Jitsu games in MMA. Luke started training in judo when he was 6 years old but quit upon turning ten.
Aleksandar Rakic had his rise in the light heavyweight division paused in December 2019, but now may find himself right back in the mix.
Take a long break.”Rockhold (16-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC) will make a return to combat sports later this month, but it’s not fighting. The 35-year-old Rockhold, who last fought in July 2019 at light heavyweight, said his plan is to return to action as a middleweight, and he hopes to fight again by the end of 2020. While most believe a rematch with Weidman should be the in the works Rockhold is hoping to reel in a bigger fish in the middleweight division. On Twitter, pro fighters reacted to the bout.UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic - Winners and Losers We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. With his return imminent fight fans are wondering who UFC will book to welcome Rockhold back to the 185-pound division. There is nothing worse than a guy than once you beat them and they just keep running their mouth. This little Polaris thing just happened to pop up, they kept asking about it, and it’s fun,” Rockhold said. He claimed he would be able to have success at 205 if someone like Smith did.
So, I don’t know. I enjoy fighting.
Luke Rockhold is returning to the fight game because he is bored, simple as that.
Which Fight At UFC Vegas 8 Has Been Altered? That includes three knockout losses, two title fight losses, and a failed move to light heavyweight. When I’m in the gym, I’m still the best motherf**ker there.”Luke Rockhold was non-committal about retirement because he knew he would one day get the itch to fight again.Rockhold announced that he would be taking a much-needed break from the sport following his knockout loss to Jan Blachowicz at After spending a year on the sidelines, Rockhold admitted that he got a little bored — especially with the COVID-19 situation — and felt the urge to start competing again.“Fighting is a part of me, and I still have a lot left in me, and the world’s f**king boring and I need something more.”Rockhold will be making his UFC return on the back of two consecutive KO losses to Blachowicz and Romero but the former multi-promotion champion is confident in his ability to compete at the highest level and says he’s still the ‘best motherf-cker’ in the gym.“I feel being healthy and with a clear mind with nothing on my shoulders, I’m a problem for every one of these guys,” Rockhold said.“I’m not done.
“For him to just come right back and have a fight against me, a big, big fight, he should put some work in.” Rockhold defeated Weidman back in Dec. 2015 to become the UFC middleweight champion. And everyone wants to call jiu-jitsu fighting, but it’s not fighting. A list of fighters scheduled to be brought over to the Rockhold faced perennial multi-divisional contender On April 18, 2015, Rockhold faced former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion A rematch with Weidman was scheduled to take place on June 4, 2016 at Rockhold was scheduled to fight on February 10, 2018, at Rockhold was briefly linked to a light heavyweight bout with In December 2018, Rockhold announced he will be moving up to light heavyweight due to ever-increasingly harder weight cuts that have led to numerous injuries during training.Rockhold signed up for the New York model management agency, Soul Artist Management, the same agency that found fellow UFC fighter It's a bad fight for Chris, stylistically. When he entered the seventh grade, he joined his school's wrestling team and stuck with the sport all through Soquel Rockhold has not competed since suffering a second-round knockout loss to Jan Blachowicz at UFC 239.The former UFC middleweight champion thought he would leave professional MMA behind, but that is the case no longer. Luke Rockhold had a lot of reasons to step away from the UFC when he nearly ended his fighting career in late 2019.. A litany of injuries had started to …
“You know, it was just – it’s not exactly what it used to be for me,” Rockhold said in an interview with “I just – I don’t have the passion I once had. He added that he still has about a month left of rehab on his surgically repaired shoulder. I’m gonna go train, but not take it crazy seriously. The former UFC middleweight champion is returning because e world has become boring. I don’t have the hunger and the passion that I used to have for fighting at this time, so I’m gonna take a break.
I wouldn’t mind closing that door.”Rockhold, 35, has produced a 1-3 record inside of the Octagon since the start of 2016. It’s, if I felt good enough to go and compete with the best guy in either respective weight class, that would happen.
So, to go out there and prove myself in the UFC, to obviously take a hard loss from Vitor (Belfort) and climb back up and take it, it’s a different mindset preceding and following that, and I don’t know. You'll now receive the top MMA Junkie stories each day directly in your inbox. thought he would leave professional MMA behind, but that is the case And in terms of an opponent, Rockhold floated bouts with Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman.
Luke Rockhold is interested in fighting Darren Till in England at the O2 Arena. “I like the [Darren] Till fight. If Rockhold does return, it appears a drop back down to the middleweight division would be in order. “It’s about fighting, stepping into that cage with a clear head and healthy body and taking out whoever’s in front of me.”Rockhold has called for a rematch with Chris Weidman, but The lineup for the second half of Bellator’s back-to-back events in September continues to grow with the addition of a welterweight fight.