Today is now Luke Rockhold day in #santacruz hahahahahahaha unreal, living a dream. Official proclamation 12/18 thank u all for the support. #santacruzwarriors

A video posted by Luke Rockhold (@lukerockhold) on Dec 18, 2015 at 11:06pm PST

This past weekend Luke Rockhold claimed the UFC middleweight championship as he put an end to the reign of Chris Weidman with a 4th round TKO win.

Rockhold, a Santa Cruz native, went back to visit his hometown with his UFC championship belt.

Above you can see footage of Rockhold giving a speech yesterday on December 18th, which is now ‘Luke Rockhold Day’ in Santa Cruz.