{"id":194471,"date":"2016-05-17T20:22:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T03:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=194471"},"modified":"2016-05-17T20:22:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T03:22:53","slug":"luke-rockhold-sends-chris-weidman-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/luke-rockhold-sends-chris-weidman-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Rockhold sends Chris Weidman a message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and former champion Chris Weidman have had a highly <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-luke-rockhold-and-chris-weidman-go-at-it-again-in-face-to-face-interview\/\">competitive rivalry<\/a> and were set to rematch for the title at UFC 199.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately on Tuesday, news broke that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/chris-weidman-reportedly-out-of-ufc-199-due-to-injury\/\">Weidman was forced to pull out<\/a> of their bout scheduled for June 4 and the UFC has been scrambling to find an opponent for Rockhold with less than three weeks notice.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their competitive rivalry, Rockhold sent Weidman a message following news of his injury. Rockhold said in a tweet, &#8220;@ChrisWeidmanUFC heal up. Hopefully I&#8217;ll see you down the line. As for #ufc199 stay tuned. Hmmm&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisWeidmanUFC\">@ChrisWeidmanUFC<\/a> heal up. Hopefully I&#39;ll see you down the line. As for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ufc199?src=hash\">#ufc199<\/a> stay tuned. Hmmm<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LukeRockhold\/status\/732753621318664193\">May 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Late Tuesday, Ariel Helwani claimed that Ronaldo &#8220;Jacare&#8221; Souza <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/luke-rockhold\/report-ufc-frontrunner-face-luke-rockhold-middleweight-title\/\">was the UFC&#8217;s frontrunner<\/a> to step in to fight Rockhold pending a medical clearance.<\/p>\n<p>Who would you like to see fight Rockhold for the title at UFC 199 on June 4? Get your vote in on the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-poll-2\/poll-who-do-you-want-to-see-fight-luke-rockhold-at-ufc-199\/\" target=\"_blank\">BJPENN.COM poll <strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and former champion Chris Weidman have had a highly competitive rivalry and were set to rematch for the title at UFC 199. 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