A light heavyweight bout between Jan Blachowicz and former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold took place at tonight’s UFC 239 event.<\/p>\n
Luke Rockhold returns to action for the first time since suffering a brutal knockout loss to Yoel Romero at UFC 221 in February of 2018.<\/p>\n
Prior to the setback, ‘Rocky’ was coming off a second round TKO victory over former WSOF ‘champ champ’ David Branch.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Jan Blachowicz last took to the octagon<\/a> in February, where he suffered a knockout loss to Thiago Santos.<\/p>\n Prior to the loss, Blachowicz was riding a four fight win streak that included wins over Nikita Krylov, Jimi Manuwa and Jared Cannonier.<\/p>\n Round one begins and A high kick is immediately thrown from Rockhold. Blachowicz returning fire with low kicks. Rockhold with a front kick and a high kick. He lands a left hand. Luke Rockhold with a jumping switch kick. He shoots in for a double leg but Jan defends against the cage. Rockhold working hard for a takedown. He switches to knees and locks in a guillotine. He lets that go and shoots back in for the takedown. Blachowicz once again defends and lands a nice short elbow. Rockhold throws a high kick and then a low kick on the break. Both men \u00a0with good shots from the pocket. Jan Blachowicz charges forward with a flurry that ends in a body kick.\u00a0Hard right hand from Blachowicz. Rockhold comes back with a left. Rockhold tries a spinning back kick. He misses but then lands a front kick. Blachowicz with a left hand. He follows up with a high kick at the buzzer that sends Luke Rockhold to the mat for a second.<\/p>\n Rockhold wobbled at the end of round 1! #UFC239<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/7W48D8Df0X<\/a><\/p>\n — UFC (@ufc) July 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n