{"id":309652,"date":"2019-04-13T10:33:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T17:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=309652"},"modified":"2019-04-13T10:33:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T17:33:48","slug":"luke-rockhold-fires-back-at-anthony-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/luke-rockhold-fires-back-at-anthony-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Rockhold fires back at Anthony Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold has fired back at Anthony Smith, this after \u201cLionheart\u201d suggested he would drill a hole in his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent light heavyweight title challenger, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-smith-vows-to-lay-beating-on-fing-piece-of-st-luke-rockhold\/\">Smith, had gone off on Luke<\/a> Rockhold during yesterday\u2019s UFC Press Conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cF**k Luke Rockhold,\u201d said Smith. \u201cThe first opportunity I get, I\u2019m gonna drill a hole through Luke Rockhold\u2019s f**king face. I promise you guys that. The first opportunity that I get. After this fight, it doesn\u2019t matter what happens, I\u2019ll fight Luke Rockhold with one f**king leg. I\u2019m going to beat that dude\u2019s f**king ass!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after the conclusion of yesterday\u2019s UFC Press Conference, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/04\/13\/luke-rockhold-anthony-smith-ufc\/\">TMZ Sports<\/a> caught up with Luke Rockhold to get his take on Smith&#8217;s recent comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI saw his interview and he obviously didn\u2019t want to take this fight,\u201d said Rockhold. \u201cHe wanted to take some time off. He could\u2019ve done that. You could\u2019ve stuck to your word because I would\u2019ve been right here. It\u2019s the first thing I asked the UFC after that fight. Make this thing (vs Smith) happen. Then, he b*tched out and ran their errands and went out to Stockholm.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rockhold, who has not stepped foot inside the octagon since suffering a knockout loss to Yoel Romero at UFC 221, doesn\u2019t think much of \u201cLionheart\u201d as a person or as an athlete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t think much of Anthony Smith. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s very tough, technical, talented. He ain\u2019t got what it takes. He\u2019s not gonna be drilling nothing. I will own that kid from start to finish. Anywhere he wants to go, he\u2019s not really on my radar. I\u2019ma go do my thing [and] I\u2019ll enjoy watching him get beat up in Stockholm\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke\u2019s Rockhold is set to meet Jan Blachowicz in a light heavyweight bout at UFC <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-fires-back-at-israel-adesanya-ill-make-you-call-me-daddy\/\">239<\/a> this July in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Anthony Smith is set to square off with Alexander Gustafsson in the main event of UFC Stockholm this June in Sweden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold has fired back at Anthony Smith, this after \u201cLionheart\u201d suggested he would drill a hole in his head. 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