{"id":318104,"date":"2019-07-03T09:23:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T16:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=318104"},"modified":"2019-07-03T09:23:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T16:23:26","slug":"luke-rockhold-believes-ufc-239-win-could-earn-title-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/luke-rockhold-believes-ufc-239-win-could-earn-title-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Rockhold believes UFC 239 win could earn title shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 239, light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and challenger Thiago Santos will step into the cage together with gold on the line. Earlier on the same card, former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will make his light heavyweight debut against Jan Blachowicz. If he&#8217;s successful, he believes he could be rewarded with a shot at the Jones vs. Santos winner.<\/p>\n<p>From the sounds of it, Luke Rockhold considers a Jon Jones win a near certainty. And because Jones&#8217; arch rival Daniel Cormier is tied up at heavyweight, the former middleweight champ believes the path to a fight with Jones is wide open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at the division, look at the people there. I\u2019m fighting the No. 6 ranked guy in the world. Look what\u2019s ahead of me. There aren\u2019t that many options for Mr. Jon Jones and I\u2019ve proven myself in this game. I\u2019m not looking to f**king dance around. I\u2019m looking to go straight through. Straight to Jon,\u201d Rockhold told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/7\/3\/20679264\/luke-rockhold-looking-to-go-straight-through-to-jon-jones-with-win-at-ufc-239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cD.C.\u2019s got a fight coming up. He ain\u2019t fighting that fight [against Jon Jones] any time soon. He\u2019s got a heavyweight fight coming up. I\u2019ll be prepared for what\u2019s there. I\u2019m going to go handle my business and we\u2019re going to see where the lay of the land is. I\u2019ll be proving myself July 6.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luke Rockhold has not fought since February 2018, when he was nuked in the third round of a middleweight showdown with Yoel Romero. In his next most recent fight, he scored a stoppage win over David Branch. This win was preceded by an upset, knockout loss to Michael Bisping, which spelled the end of his title reign.<\/p>\n<p>His debut light heavyweight opponent Jan Blachowicz, meanwhile, was recently knocked out by Santos, and will be looking to reestablish himself as one of the top contenders for Jon Jones&#8217; title.<\/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 7\/3\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 239, light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and challenger Thiago Santos will step into the cage together with gold on the line. Earlier on the same card, former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will make his light heavyweight debut against Jan Blachowicz. 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