{"id":147297,"date":"2015-06-02T05:50:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T12:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=147297"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:11:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:11:19","slug":"rockhold-ill-go-to-205-for-the-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/rockhold-ill-go-to-205-for-the-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockhold: &#8216;I&#8217;ll Go To 205 For The Title&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Luke-Rockhold.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145529\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Luke-Rockhold.png\" alt=\"Luke Rockhold\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Luke-Rockhold.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Luke-Rockhold-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Luke-Rockhold-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Luke-Rockhold-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC middleweight and potential title challenger Luke Rockhold is still awaiting word form the UFC on whether he will indeed be next in line to face champion Chris Weidman, but is already talking about taking the belt in another division.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/anikandflorian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Anik and Kenny Florian&#8217;s Podcast<\/a>\u00a0Rockhold expressed his interest in eventually jumping up to light-heavyweight, but says only if its for the title.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;If I&#8217;m going to 205, it&#8217;s going to be nothing except to challenge for the title. 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