{"id":317809,"date":"2019-06-30T08:35:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T15:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=317809"},"modified":"2019-06-30T08:35:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T15:35:27","slug":"luke-rockhold-comments-on-chris-weidmans-move-to-light-heavyweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/luke-rockhold-comments-on-chris-weidmans-move-to-light-heavyweight\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Rockhold comments on Chris Weidman&#8217;s move to light heavyweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Rockhold is aware of Chris Weidman&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/chris-weidman-moves-up-to-205lbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">planned move to light heavyweight<\/a> and he feels it was the right choice.<\/p>\n<p>Back in Dec. 2015, Rockhold and Weidman did battle for the UFC middleweight championship. At the time, Weidman was the 185-pound title holder with three successful title defenses. Rockhold handed Weidman his first professional loss via fourth-round TKO, taking the middleweight gold in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to 2019 and both men are on a new journey at light heavyweight. During an appearance on Submission Radio, Luke Rockhold weighed in on Weidman&#8217;s decision (via <a href=\"https:\/\/thebodylockmma.com\/ufc\/luke-rockhold-could-meet-chris-weidman-in-light-heavyweight-rematch-well-see-down-the-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Body Lock<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Luke Rockhold: Jon Jones Is &quot;Scared to Fight DC at Heavyweight&quot;, Talks UFC 239, Jan Blachowicz\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0UVrZ_2ax_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I think it\u2019s a good move for Chris. He\u2019s probably a bit drained [at 185]. He\u2019s a big guy himself. He should translate well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rockhold went on to say that he believes Weidman could have success at 205 pounds and didn&#8217;t rule out a potential rematch:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a lot of light heavyweights lack technique and they get away with their size. If you come up with technique and skill, you\u2019ll do well in this weight class. Chris is a tough guy, I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll do his thing. We\u2019ll see down the line [about a rematch], you never know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luke Rockhold is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/luke-rockhold\/former-ufc-middleweight-champ-luke-rockhold-set-for-light-heavyweight-debut-against-jan-blachowicz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scheduled<\/a> to make his light heavyweight debut against Jan Blachowicz. The two will go one-on-one at UFC 239 on July 6. As for Weidman, his first dance partner at 205 pounds hasn&#8217;t been decided. BJPenn.com will keep you up to speed on the latest updates regarding Weidman&#8217;s next opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Chris Weidman made the right decision moving up in weight class?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/30\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Rockhold is aware of Chris Weidman&#8217;s planned move to light heavyweight and he feels it was the right choice. Back in Dec. 2015, Rockhold and Weidman did battle for the UFC middleweight championship. At the time, Weidman was the 185-pound title holder with three successful title defenses. Rockhold handed Weidman his first professional loss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54476,"featured_media":281394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10095,10150,39610],"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>Luke Rockhold comments on Chris Weidman&#039;s move to light heavyweight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Luke Rockhold weighs in on former foe Chris Weidman joining him in moving up to the dangerous UFC light heavyweight division.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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