{"id":321673,"date":"2019-08-07T07:37:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T14:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=321673"},"modified":"2019-08-07T07:37:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T14:37:14","slug":"chris-weidman-found-latest-luke-rockhold-ko-bittersweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/chris-weidman-found-latest-luke-rockhold-ko-bittersweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Weidman found latest Luke Rockhold KO &#8216;bittersweet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Weidman and Luke Rockhold \u2014 both former UFC middleweight champs who have sought greener pastures at light heavyweight \u2014 have a lot of history.<\/p>\n<p>The pair first fought in 2015, with Rockhold handing Weidman his first loss, and have been scheduled to rematch several times since then.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, Rockhold has experienced a number of tough knockout losses, including a drubbing at the hands of Jan Blachowicz in his light heavyweight debut.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mvF8pievUh0&amp;t=40s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show<\/a> on Monday, Weidman gave his take on Rockhold&#8217;s loss to Blachowicz. He called it bittersweet, and claims it made him question his desire for a rematch with Rockhold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest it was a little bittersweet,\u201d Weidman said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/08\/chris-weidman-luke-rockhold-rematch-knockout-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cI never like to see anybody get hurt even though me and Luke have had a lot of issues back and forth for a long time, and that\u2019s the one guy I really wanted to get a fight with him and get that one back. Your first loss always seems to hit home the most, so that\u2019s the one I wanted back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of bittersweet to see him go out there (because) I didn\u2019t think he looked good,\u201d Weidman said. \u201cI thought he was slow, tired and to see him get knocked out like that again, he\u2019s been off for so long already. I was supposed to fight him back in November and he pulled out and then he was off until just recently so I don\u2019t know what\u2019s up for him next but one part of me is like, \u2018I want to be the guy that\u2019s in there with him,\u2019 but now the other part of me is like, \u2018I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s going to be around much longer and whether he\u2019s going to retire or not.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll ever see Chris Weidman and Luke Rockhold rematch?<\/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 8\/7\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Weidman and Luke Rockhold \u2014 both former UFC middleweight champs who have sought greener pastures at light heavyweight \u2014 have a lot of history. The pair first fought in 2015, with Rockhold handing Weidman his first loss, and have been scheduled to rematch several times since then. More recently, Rockhold has experienced a number [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":316139,"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>Chris Weidman found latest Luke Rockhold KO &#039;bittersweet&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former UFC middleweight chamion Chris Weidman reacts to the recent and brutal knockout losses of his long-time rival Luke Rockhold.\" \/>\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\/ufc\/chris-weidman-found-latest-luke-rockhold-ko-bittersweet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chris Weidman found latest Luke Rockhold KO &#039;bittersweet&#039; 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