{"id":270751,"date":"2018-02-22T09:40:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T17:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=270751"},"modified":"2018-02-22T09:40:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T17:40:41","slug":"video-luke-rockhold-teases-move-light-heavyweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/luke-rockhold\/video-luke-rockhold-teases-move-light-heavyweight\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Luke Rockhold Teases His Move Up to Light Heavyweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Luke Rockhold still intends to go up to light heavyweight according to his Instagram story. No tiramisu on the table though with the other four desserts. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iZC3znvmyT\">pic.twitter.com\/iZC3znvmyT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin Golightly (@SecretMovesMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretMovesMMA\/status\/966729086457602050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even before his loss to Yoel Romero, Luke Rockhold was letting the MMA media know that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/luke-rockhold\/breaking-luke-rockhold-will-moving-light-heavyweight-soon\/\">he&#8217;ll be moving up to light heavyweight<\/a>. His friend and training partner Daniel Cormier is leaving the division to fight UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, then before March 2019 he&#8217;ll be retiring. That coupled with the cuts getting harder, gives Rockhold a path into the new weight class. He recently not-so-subtly teased the jump again on his Instagram story, signing the numbers of the division with his hand before showing the camera four desserts.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I\u2019ve got a great team around me with [George] Lockhart and [Dan] Leith, they\u2019ve got my nutrition down to a science. I\u2019m ahead of schedule this time around and I\u2019ll be fine, but 205 [pounds] is imminent. [Daniel Cormier is] moving up to heavyweight. He\u2019s not coming back, so I\u2019ll be up there soon. Yes, I\u2019ve mentioned that [to him] many times [that I\u2019m moving to light heavyweight]. It\u2019s imminent. I\u2019ll be up there soon.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/luke-rockhold-says-move-to-light-heavyweight-is-imminent\/\">Luke Rockhold after the UFC 221 open workouts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He won&#8217;t have to worry about an opponent welcoming him to the division. If everyone else didn&#8217;t jump at the chance to try and get a win over Luke Rockhold, former Cormier opponent and two-time lightweight title challenger <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alexander-gustafsson\/alexander-gustafsson-warns-luke-rockhold-moving\/\">Alexander Gustafsson already wants a crack at him<\/a>. No question Rockhold would get a big name right off the bat when he does decide to move up, although Gustafsson is a tough test for anybody at 205. However, big risks reap big rewards. We&#8217;ll have to wait and see how this all plays out.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLuke Rockhold, your teammate is holding my division hostage and you think there are only easy fights at light heavyweight? If you think [Yoel] Romero hits hard, then wait till you come to the big boys. I want Daniel Cormier, and knocking you out will keep me warm in the meantime. Beware of coming up in weight because I will be standing at the front door waiting.\u201d<\/em>\u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alexander-gustafsson\/alexander-gustafsson-warns-luke-rockhold-moving\/\">Alexander Gustafsson via his official Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 2\/22\/2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Rockhold still intends to go up to light heavyweight according to his Instagram story. No tiramisu on the table though with the other four desserts. pic.twitter.com\/iZC3znvmyT &mdash; Justin Golightly (@SecretMovesMMA) February 22, 2018 Even before his loss to Yoel Romero, Luke Rockhold was letting the MMA media know that he&#8217;ll be moving up to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54442,"featured_media":195823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10150],"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>VIDEO | Luke Rockhold Teases His Move Up to Light Heavyweight | 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\/mma-news\/luke-rockhold\/video-luke-rockhold-teases-move-light-heavyweight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VIDEO | Luke Rockhold Teases His Move Up to Light Heavyweight | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Luke Rockhold still intends to go up to light heavyweight according to his Instagram story. 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