{"id":182265,"date":"2016-01-12T07:47:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T15:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=182265"},"modified":"2016-01-12T07:47:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T15:47:37","slug":"weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/","title":{"rendered":"Weidman calls for immediate rematch against Rockhold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in the co-main event of UFC 194, Luke Rockhold put on a spectacular performance against Chris Weidman en route to a 4th round TKO win to claim the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-luke-rockhold-defeats-chris-weidman\/\">UFC middleweight championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the win was certainly a dominant one for Rockhold, former champion Chris Weidman knows he can do better than he showed, and is looking to prove it sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s been much speculation as to who Rockhold would defend his title against first.  While Yoel Romero <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-romero-defeats-jacare-via-split-decision\/\">earned himself<\/a> a title shot with his win over Jacare Souza at UFC 194, many fans want to see Weidman given an immediate rematch.  In addition, Rockhold would like to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/watch-rockhold-wants-to-retire-belfort-at-ufc-200\/\">retire Vitor Belfort<\/a> at UFC 200.<\/p>\n<p>Weidman spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/1\/12\/10750928\/chris-weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-luke-rockhold\" target=\"_blank\">MMAFighting<\/a> to discuss the fight, as well as why he wants an immediate rematch.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;That&#8217;s the fight I want.  I&#8217;d say that&#8217;s the fight I deserve, and that would be the biggest fight of my life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That trumps my Anderson Silva fights. That trumps my Lyoto Machida, my Vitor (Belfort) fights. It trumps everything. That&#8217;s the biggest fight of my life. I&#8217;m going to be a completely different animal, motivated more than ever, and I&#8217;m going to go repay him for what he did to me. No personal vendetta. No emotion. Just competitively, just go out there and just completely demolish him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s all I&#8217;m focused on.  Right now, I&#8217;m training already. I&#8217;m just so hungry and determined and the only face I see is Luke Rockhold&#8217;s.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in the co-main event of UFC 194, Luke Rockhold put on a spectacular performance against Chris Weidman en route to a 4th round TKO win to claim the UFC middleweight championship. While the win was certainly a dominant one for Rockhold, former champion Chris Weidman knows he can do better than he showed, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":179195,"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>Weidman calls for immediate rematch against Rockhold | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weidman calls for immediate rematch against Rockhold | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Back in the co-main event of UFC 194, Luke Rockhold put on a spectacular performance against Chris Weidman en route to a 4th round TKO win to claim the UFC middleweight championship. While the win was certainly a dominant one for Rockhold, former champion Chris Weidman knows he can do better than he showed, and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-12T15:47:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Weidman-Rockhold-staredown1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"730\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"380\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"bjpenndotcom\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/7c8b8d1602cb47040b7a5cd250d5b90a\"},\"headline\":\"Weidman calls for immediate rematch against Rockhold\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-12T15:47:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-01-12T15:47:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/\"},\"wordCount\":251,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"UFC NEWS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2016\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/\",\"name\":\"Weidman calls for immediate rematch against Rockhold | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-12T15:47:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-01-12T15:47:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UFC NEWS\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Weidman calls for immediate rematch against Rockhold\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/7c8b8d1602cb47040b7a5cd250d5b90a\",\"name\":\"bjpenndotcom\",\"description\":\"UFC NEWS - MMA NEWS\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/bjpenndotcom\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Weidman calls for immediate rematch against Rockhold | BJPenn.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Weidman calls for immediate rematch against Rockhold | BJPenn.com","og_description":"Back in the co-main event of UFC 194, Luke Rockhold put on a spectacular performance against Chris Weidman en route to a 4th round TKO win to claim the UFC middleweight championship. While the win was certainly a dominant one for Rockhold, former champion Chris Weidman knows he can do better than he showed, and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2016-01-12T15:47:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":730,"height":380,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Weidman-Rockhold-staredown1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"bjpenndotcom","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"bjpenndotcom","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/"},"author":{"name":"bjpenndotcom","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/7c8b8d1602cb47040b7a5cd250d5b90a"},"headline":"Weidman calls for immediate rematch against Rockhold","datePublished":"2016-01-12T15:47:37+00:00","dateModified":"2016-01-12T15:47:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/"},"wordCount":251,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["UFC NEWS"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2016","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/","name":"Weidman calls for immediate rematch against Rockhold | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-01-12T15:47:37+00:00","dateModified":"2016-01-12T15:47:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-calls-for-immediate-rematch-against-rockhold\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UFC NEWS","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Weidman calls for immediate rematch against Rockhold"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/7c8b8d1602cb47040b7a5cd250d5b90a","name":"bjpenndotcom","description":"UFC NEWS - MMA NEWS","sameAs":["http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn"],"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/bjpenndotcom\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182265"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}