{"id":358321,"date":"2020-08-10T08:10:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T15:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=358321"},"modified":"2020-08-10T08:10:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T15:10:51","slug":"luke-rockhold-announces-that-hes-not-retiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/luke-rockhold-announces-that-hes-not-retiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Rockhold announces that he&#8217;s not retiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will not be retiring from mixed martial arts, despite widespread speculation to the contrary.<\/p>\n<p>Rockhold has not fought since July, 2019, when he was knocked out by Jan Blachowicz in his first fight in the UFC light heavyweight division. Since that loss, he made no secret of the fact that his future in the sport was up in the air.<\/p>\n<p id=\"JLLJxo\">\u201cMy head is content where I\u2019m at right now,\u201d Rockhold<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/luke-rockhold-is-happy-not-fighting\/\"> told<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/11\/20\/20973765\/luke-rockhold-right-now-im-just-happy-not-fighting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting in November, 2019<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve done a lot of things in the sport. I\u2019m not trying to be a headline maker. I\u2019m not trying to say I\u2019m going to retire and then want to come back. I don\u2019t like to close doors on things in life.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Trg97W\">\u201cRight now, I\u2019m just happy not fighting. It feels good to focus on other things,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Fighting takes a lot. I\u2019ve done it, I\u2019ve been to the top of the game. I just don\u2019t have the same passion, the hunger for it at this point,\u201d Rockhold said. \u201cI\u2019m excited to go in other realms of life. I know I have a lot of fans out there. I\u2019m sorry I\u2019m not fighting but you never know. Maybe someday I will but I don\u2019t foresee it at this point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Rockhold has recently been hesitant to commit to fighting again, he&#8217;s now made his plans official.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/29632857\/former-champ-luke-rockhold-decides-not-retire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a> on Sunday, the former champion announced that he will fight again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because I felt like it,&#8221; he explained when he asked why he decided to delay his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>At present, the details of Rockhold&#8217;s next fight are not clear. However, the Strikeforce veteran announced that he intends to fight before the year is out, and suggested that a rematch with fellow former champion Chris Weidman, who he defeated by TKO in 2015, makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Chris Weidman fight next?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will not be retiring from mixed martial arts, despite widespread speculation to the contrary. Rockhold has not fought since July, 2019, when he was knocked out by Jan Blachowicz in his first fight in the UFC light heavyweight division. 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