Luke Rockhold News

Chris Taylor - June 5, 2016

It is no secret that former UFC champions Fabricio Werdum and Luke Rockhold do not like each other. The former heavyweight champion of the world took to Twitter last night to poke fun at Rockhold’s knockout loss to newly crowned champion Michael Bisping. Check it out:

bjpenndotcom - June 3, 2016

UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold‘s confidence is at an all time high heading into UFC 199 this Saturday in Inglewood California. The middleweight champ has stated repeatedly that he believes he is on another level in comparison to his middleweight peers. Ahead of his rematch with Michael Bisping, Rockhold spoke after open workouts to explain why he believes no one can match his skill set on the pound-for-pound ladder.

bjpenndotcom - June 3, 2016

The UFC’s outfitting deal with Reebok now makes it so that fighters can only wear Reebok gear, or clothing without a noticeable logo, during media appearances, and fight-week. When fighters don’t follow the protocol, they are either fined, or they have to remove the article of clothing. When UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold showed up to the UFC 199 press conference yesterday wearing Adidas shoes, adjustments had to be made.

Russell Ess - June 3, 2016

BISPING vs ROCKHOLD!!! A video posted by Dana White (@danawhiteufc) on Jun 2, 2016 at 3:04pm PDT

bjpenndotcom - June 2, 2016

https://youtu.be/CJ2Lvhk6q94?t=36s With just two days to go until Luke Rockhold steps into the Octagon in the main event of UFC 199 to face Michael Bisping for the middleweight championship, the champ isn’t wasting any time in trying to adjust to the late opponent change.

bjpenndotcom - June 1, 2016

Despite Chris Weidman withdrawing from his UFC 199 rematch with Luke Rockhold for the middleweight championship this Saturday, the trash-talk between the two has continued. After Rockhold said that Weidman fights like an idiot, Weidman fired back in a Tweet, in which he told Rockhold to keep his name out of his mouth and focus on Michael Bisping, who he referred to as ‘a gift’.

Russell Ess - May 31, 2016

Chris Weidman and Luke Rockhold both were guests on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour. Weidman, who was forced to pull out of the title rematch against Rockhold due to injury opened up the opportunity for Michael Bisping to get his first chance to fight for a UFC championship belt.

Russell Ess - May 31, 2016

UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold sounds like he has done really well for himself now that he is at the top of the UFC middleweight division. Ahead of his title fight with Michael Bisping at UFC 199, Rockhold spoke with Ariel Helwani on the MMA Hour and said that he is making over $1 million per fight as the champ.

bjpenndotcom - May 30, 2016

https://youtu.be/L7l84JpiVBM Back in April, Jon Jones made his highly anticipated return to the Octagon after nearly a year and a half. Jones was initially slated to fight Daniel Cormier for the UFC light heavyweight championship, however an injury forced DC out of the bout. Ultimately, Ovince Saint Preux stepped in on short notice to fight Jones.

bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

https://youtu.be/ezF1_q_kunA In just over a week, Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping will square off inside the Octagon for the UFC middleweight championship at UFC 199. Ahead of the fight, Rockhold has to adjust to fight Bisping on short notice after training to fight Weidman.

bjpenndotcom - May 26, 2016

Michael Bisping may be entering his UFC 199 scrap with Luke Rockhold on a 3 fight win streak, with his most recent win coming over arguably the greatest fighter of all time in Anderson Silva, however that doesn’t seem to phase Luke Rockhold. On a conference call, Rockhold, who holds a win over Bisping, explained his plans to demolish Bisping, and even retire the UFC veteran.

Russell Ess - May 25, 2016

Luke Rockhold will look to defend his UFC middleweight championship title for the first time against Michael Bisping on June 4 at UFC 199.

Chris Taylor - May 22, 2016

https://youtu.be/BbuYtY_hjmU Luke Rockhold became the UFC’s middleweight champion this past December when he stopped Chris Weidman in the co-main event of UFC 194.

bjpenndotcom - May 19, 2016

https://youtu.be/z-v7DnVzOC0 Luke Rockhold may have found out earlier this week that he would now be facing Michael Bisping at UFC 199 instead of Chris Weidman, however it appears that the champ hasn’t missed a beat when it comes to training.

Russell Ess - May 19, 2016

https://youtu.be/uVY21BPyL_I UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will look to defend his belt at UFC 199 against a newly scheduled opponent on June 4.

bjpenndotcom - May 18, 2016

Tuesday afternoon, news broke that former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman would no longer be able to compete in his scheduled UFC 199 rematch against Luke Rockhold. Weidman went on to explain that he suffered an injury in training that would result in surgery, sidelining him for 8-12 weeks. Wednesday morning it was announced that Michael Bisping would be stepping in on short notice to fight Rockhold for the middleweight championship, a rematch of their 2014 fight in which Rockhold submitted Bisping in the 2nd round.

Chris Taylor - May 18, 2016

Yesterday evening news broke that former UFC middleweight title holder Chris Weidman had suffered an injury and was forced to withdraw from his scheduled UFC 199 rematch with current champion Luke Rockhold on June 4 in Los Angeles. Shortly after the news broke, multiple fighters took to Twitter to ask for the short-notice fight with Rockhold.

Russell Ess - May 17, 2016

On Tuesday, news broke that former middleweight champion Chris Weidman was forced to pull out of his immediate title fight rematch with champion Luke Rockhold, which was scheduled for UFC 199. The UFC has been busy finding a replacement for Weidman. According to MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani, the frontrunner to replace Weidman is Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, who is coming off a first round TKO win over Vitor Belfort this past weekend at UFC 198.