{"id":118991,"date":"2014-11-17T17:25:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T01:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=118991"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:09:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:09:54","slug":"needed-dana-luke-rockhold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/needed-dana-luke-rockhold\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White discusses Luke Rockhold&#8217;s ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/ufc-fighters-react-to-rockholds-dominant-win-over-michael-bisping\/bisping-rockhold-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-118385\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Bisping-Rockhold.png\" alt=\"Bisping Rockhold\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Bisping-Rockhold.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Bisping-Rockhold-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Bisping-Rockhold-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month the UFC traveled to Sydney Australia where Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold fought in the main event.  Rockhold ultimately finished Bisping in the second round of the bout with a one-arm guillotine choke. <\/p>\n<p>UFC President Dana White spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/dana-download-november-13?id=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC.com<\/a> on their weekly podcast, &#8216;The Download&#8217; to discuss Rockhold&#8217;s ranking in a stacked middleweight division.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think that Rockhold\u2019s performance showed where he\u2019s really at, because no matter what you think of Michael Bisping, everybody respects him as a fighter.  Bisping is legit. You can say he\u2019s a gatekeeper or whatever you want, but he\u2019s beat a lot of good people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRockhold\u2019s ranked number five, I think, because of the Vitor Belfort loss. But he\u2019s got a very good point.  He beat Jacare and looked phenomenal against Bisping. How, really, is he ranked number five? It\u2019s a good point.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the mean time, Rockhold will continue to &#8216;be Jon Jones&#8217; (Read that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/rockhold-ive-gotta-jon-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>), and prepare to fill in for Chris Weidman or Vitor Belfort should the need arise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month the UFC traveled to Sydney Australia where Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold fought in the main event. Rockhold ultimately finished Bisping in the second round of the bout with a one-arm guillotine choke. 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