Category: Luke Rockhold

  • VIDEO | Luke Rockhold gets sparring rounds in at his house

    VIDEO | Luke Rockhold gets sparring rounds in at his house

    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. Rockhold, who has been renting a house in California to prepare […]

  • Luke Rockhold fires back at Chris Weidman

    Luke Rockhold fires back at Chris Weidman

    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 […]

  • Chris Weidman bashes Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold surprisingly backs Bisping

    Chris Weidman bashes Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold surprisingly backs Bisping

    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. Weidman said that by pulling […]

  • Luke Rockhold says he is making over $1 million per fight as the champion

    Luke Rockhold says he is making over $1 million per fight as the champion

    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 […]

  • VIDEO | UFC 199: Inside The Octagon – Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping

    VIDEO | UFC 199: Inside The Octagon – Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping

    John Gooden and Dan Hardy break down the main event of UFC 199 as Luke Rockhold looks to defend his middleweight title for the first time against Michael Bisping. This is one part one of three episodes to UFC 199’s “Inside The Octagon.” While Rockhold owns a victory over Bisping, Bisping claims to have delivered […]

  • VIDEO | Luke Rockhold mic’d up for Jon Jones vs. Ovince Saint Preux

    VIDEO | Luke Rockhold mic’d up for Jon Jones vs. Ovince Saint Preux

    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 […]

  • VIDEO | Luke Rockhold drilling kicks ahead of UFC 199

    VIDEO | Luke Rockhold drilling kicks ahead of UFC 199

    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. Take a look at Rockhold working on his kicks, above!

  • Luke Rockhold wants to retire Michael Bisping at UFC 199

    Luke Rockhold wants to retire Michael Bisping at UFC 199

    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 […]

  • VIDEO | Luke Rockhold looking shredded ahead of UFC 199 title fight with Michael Bisping

    VIDEO | Luke Rockhold looking shredded ahead of UFC 199 title fight with Michael Bisping

    Luke Rockhold will look to defend his UFC middleweight championship title for the first time against Michael Bisping on June 4 at UFC 199. Bisping, who accepted the fight with just a little over two weeks notice says he has been training and is more than ready to become a UFC champion. However, Rockhold has […]

  • VIDEO | Luke Rockhold working on head movement ahead of UFC 199

    VIDEO | Luke Rockhold working on head movement ahead of UFC 199

    https://youtu.be/9UkPT35m0vU Earlier this month it was revealed that UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold would now be facing Michael Bisping at UFC 199 on June 4th. The late change in opponents came after Chris Weidman was forced out of the bout due to a neck injury. The bout will be the second time Rockhold and Bisping […]

  • Video | Watch Luke Rockhold defeat Chris Weidman at UFC 194

    Video | Watch Luke Rockhold defeat Chris Weidman at UFC 194

    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. Rockhold and Weidman were set to rematch at next month’s UFC 199 event in Los Angeles, however, Chris was forced to withdraw from the fight after he suffered a neck injury. Stepping […]

  • VIDEO | Luke Rockhold training for Michael Bisping

    VIDEO | Luke Rockhold training for Michael Bisping

    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. In the video above you can see Rockhold training for Bisping, who he faces on […]

  • VIDEO | Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping have a nasty verbal beef on air

    VIDEO | Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping have a nasty verbal beef on air

    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. With former champion Chris Weidman pulling out of the originally scheduled championship bout, the UFC announced that Michael Bisping will get his first UFC title shot with two and a half weeks […]

  • Luke Rockhold reacts to fighting Michael Bisping at UFC 199

    Luke Rockhold reacts to fighting Michael Bisping at UFC 199

    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 […]

  • Luke Rockhold gets new opponent for UFC 199

    Luke Rockhold gets new opponent for UFC 199

    With former middleweight champion Chris Weidman pulling out of his title rematch against the champion Luke Rockhold due to an injury, the UFC has been working on getting a new opponent to replace Weidman at UFC 199. UFC President Dana White announced Wednesday on ESPN’s SportsCenter that Michael Bisping will get a rematch with Luke […]

  • Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping agree to fight on Twitter

    Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping agree to fight on Twitter

    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 […]

  • Report: UFC has a frontrunner to face Luke Rockhold for middleweight title

    Report: UFC has a frontrunner to face Luke Rockhold for middleweight title

    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” […]

  • Luke Rockhold: “No matter who, I’ll be ready”

    Luke Rockhold: “No matter who, I’ll be ready”

    UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold was expected to defend his title for the first time in a rematch against former champ Chris Weidman in the headlining bout of UFC 199 on June 4 in Los Angeles. Unfortunately for fight fans, news broke earlier today that Weidman had suffered an injury and was forced to pull […]

  • Luke Rockhold randomly tested by USADA

    Luke Rockhold randomly tested by USADA

    Thursday morning, UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold was randomly drug tested by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency ahead of his UFC 199 rematch with former middleweight champion Chris Weidman. Rockhold posted about the random test on Instagram. Blood and urine for breakfast anyone? Surprise visit from USADA this am. Happy to participate in the movement to […]

  • VIDEO | Luke Rockhold sparring ahead of UFC 199

    VIDEO | Luke Rockhold sparring ahead of UFC 199

    https://youtu.be/a85zNZDAu70 Luke Rockhold is currently gearing up for his rematch with Chris Weidman for the UFC middleweight championship. Rockhold won the belt from Weidman in the co-main event of UFC 194 back in December of 2015 after dominating ‘The All American’ the entire fight en route to a 4th round TKO win. In the video […]

  • PHOTO | Is Luke Rockhold nursing injury ahead of UFC 199?

    PHOTO | Is Luke Rockhold nursing injury ahead of UFC 199?

    UFC 199 is rapidly approaching on June 4th. The event is an absolutely stacked one, and will be headlined by a middleweight title fight between Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman as they have their highly anticipated rematch. I In addition, Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber will have their trilogy fight in the co-main event for […]

  • PHOTO | Luke Rockhold nursing injury ahead of UFC 199?

    PHOTO | Luke Rockhold nursing injury ahead of UFC 199?

    UFC 199 is rapidly approaching on June 4th. The event is an absolutely stacked one, and will be headlined by a middleweight title fight between Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman as they have their highly anticipated rematch. I In addition, Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber will have their trilogy fight in the co-main event for […]

  • Luke Rockhold defends AKA training methods despite injuries

    Luke Rockhold defends AKA training methods despite injuries

    Over the last several years, the American Kickboxing Academy has caught quite a bit of criticism for their fighter’s pulling out of fights due to injuries, most specifically Cain Velasquez and Khabib Nurmagomedov. In addition, Daniel Cormier was forced to withdraw from his first UFC fight when he injured his leg prior to his UFC […]

  • EXCLUSIVE VIDEO | Luke Rockhold – 7 Weeks out looking like the new Anderson Silva

    EXCLUSIVE VIDEO | Luke Rockhold – 7 Weeks out looking like the new Anderson Silva

    [ooyala code=”xybjUwMzE6eP9IagkQBX831MxEUOKteK” player_id=”631143aa3982447caf394a185941cb69″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true”] There is a new middleweight champion of the UFC. Luke Rockhold recently got back in the gym for his first day of boxing training after suffering a minor injury, but definitely has not lost his championship skillset. Check out Rockhold in this exclusive video as he begins his preparation […]

  • Luke Rockhold blasts Yoel Romero for failed drug test

    Luke Rockhold blasts Yoel Romero for failed drug test

    UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold is never one to hold his tongue when it comes to his thoughts on other fighters. Recently, Rockhold and former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman have been trading verbal blows ahead of their UFC 199 rematch for the middleweight championship. Ahead of that fight, Rockhold has put former #1 contender […]

  • VIDEO | Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman go at it AGAIN in face-to-face interview

    VIDEO | Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman go at it AGAIN in face-to-face interview

    This @LukeRockhold @ChrisWeidmanUFC rivalry is really starting to heat up. The beef is REAL, people.https://t.co/II0tueQvi8 — UFC Tonight (@UFCTonight) April 7, 2016 Earlier this week, Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman appeared on SportsCenter for an interview that quickly became heated. During a recent appearance on UFC Tonight, Rockhold and Weidman appeared with Kenny Florian for […]

  • VIDEO | Host of Hollywood Today Live crushing on Luke Rockhold?

    VIDEO | Host of Hollywood Today Live crushing on Luke Rockhold?

    https://youtu.be/jdvnCJrvSzQ UFC Middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and UFC veteran and former WEC champion Urijah Faber were guests on Hollywood Today Live recently and showed hosts Kristen Brockman and Tanner Thomason a few moves. Rockhold was paired up with Brockman and Faber had her perform the guillotine choke on the middleweight champ as Faber instructed. Brockman […]

  • VIDEO | NFL star Marshawn Lynch and Luke Rockhold sparring

    VIDEO | NFL star Marshawn Lynch and Luke Rockhold sparring

    https://youtu.be/MKj1OxQ0_aU Back when Marshawn Lynch was training for a return to the Seattle Seahawks, he began training MMA as a way of preparing for his comeback. In the video above you can see Lynch playfully sparring with UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold ahead of Rockhold’s rematch with Chris Weidman on June 4th at UFC 199.