{"id":132334,"date":"2015-03-08T14:49:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T21:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=132334"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:45:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:45:41","slug":"luke-rockhold-machida-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/luke-rockhold-machida-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Rockhold: &#8216;After Machida It&#8217;s The Title&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/luke-rockhold-machida-title\/luke-rockhold-machida\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-132335\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-132335\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Luke-Rockhold-Machida.png\" alt=\"Luke Rockhold Machida\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Luke-Rockhold-Machida.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Luke-Rockhold-Machida-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Luke-Rockhold-Machida-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Luke-Rockhold-Machida-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou always think and you always dream. I know what I want, and I believe it\u2019s ahead of me. I believe I\u2019m the best fighter in the world. He\u2019s able to frustrate people. He\u2019s able to use his footwork. He\u2019s very quick. He moves around and he frustrates people, and they get overanxious and try to attack. I\u2019ve just got to stay within myself. There\u2019s no secret. He\u2019s right behind you. He\u2019s listening (literally) .I\u2019m going to hunt him down. \u2026 I\u2019m going to put him in a bad space and make him fight my fight. I\u2019m going to make him think about everything I\u2019m going to do. I think I\u2019m better than him everywhere. It\u2019s a different stylistic matchup. He hasn\u2019t fought a southpaw like me that can hit hard like me, kick hard, kick with him, punch with him \u2013 I can do everything, and I believe I can do everything better. This is what it is. People can talk, but there\u2019s nothing left after this for me except for the title.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>During last week&#8217;s media event in Las Vegas, Luke Rockhold discussed his place in the UFC middleweight division, and his upcoming fight against Lyoto Machida.<\/p>\n<p>Who takes this important middleweight bout?<\/p>\n<p>(Transcript Props: <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/03\/ufc-on-fox-15s-luke-rockhold-i-believe-im-the-best-fighter-in-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYou always think and you always dream. I know what I want, and I believe it\u2019s ahead of me. I believe I\u2019m the best fighter in the world. He\u2019s able to frustrate people. He\u2019s able to use his footwork. He\u2019s very quick. He moves around and he frustrates people, and they get overanxious and try [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":132335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Luke Rockhold: &#039;After Machida It&#039;s The Title&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"During last week&#039;s media event in Las Vegas, Luke Rockhold discussed his place in the UFC middleweight division, and his upcomi... 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