Yesterday afternoon, former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold appeared on The MMA Hour to discuss his August 16 fight with former two-division World Series of Fighting champ David Branch. During his interview, Rockhold explained that Branch was simply the only option remaining after he tried and failed to lock down a bevy of other fights.<\/p>\n
“I’ve tried to get everybody I could possibly think about to get a fight that really got me up, but no one would take a fight,” Rockhold said (h\/t MMAFighting.com<\/a>). “And now we’ve come down to David Branch (who) was the only guy in the top 10 that would take a fight. From June to July to August to September, and it’s time.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Needless to say, Branch was not Rockhold’s first choice. In fact, he was not even near the top of the list.<\/p>\n
“In June it was\u00a0Anderson Silva\u00a0in Rio, he wouldn\u2019t take the fight. Then they moved onto\u00a0Gegard Mousasi<\/a>, couldn\u2019t get him to sign the fight. I mean, I went to 205, to Shogun (Rua), to try to get (Fabricio) Werdum<\/a> (at heavyweight).”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
These comments from Rockhold prompted a response from Branch, who went off in a video posted to Twitter. See this profanity riddled video below.<\/p>\n
\n#Lucas<\/a> @LukeRockhold<\/a> on punk ass @arielhelwani<\/a> show talkin that nonsense… Yeah aight. I’ll see you in my office👊🏽 I get the chicken 🐓🏃🏽🎯👊🏽 pic.twitter.com\/v1MyFK5UzF<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 David Branch (@DavidcBranchMMA) August 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n