{"id":358507,"date":"2020-08-12T08:32:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T15:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=358507"},"modified":"2020-08-12T08:32:02","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T15:32:02","slug":"luke-rockhold-names-other-potential-opponents-for-comeback-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/luke-rockhold-names-other-potential-opponents-for-comeback-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Rockhold names other potential opponents for comeback fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold is plotting a comeback after a lengthy break, and sees many options in terms of his next opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, in an interview with ESPN, Rockhold <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/luke-rockhold-announces-that-hes-not-retiring\/\">revealed<\/a> that he intends to fight again, and targeted his former foe Chris Weidman as a potential opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/diyYJigvPNY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Submission Radio<\/a>, Rockhold re-upped on that callout, trashing Weidman&#8217;s recent decision win over Omari Akhmedov.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Luke Rockhold Targets UFC Return &quot;End of The Year or Early Next Year&quot;, Previews DC\/Miocic at UFC 252\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/diyYJigvPNY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPathetic,\u201d Rockhold said of Weidman\u2019s performance in that fight. \u201cMaybe he had weight issues or what. I mean, it looked like a heavyweight fight. It looked like a low-level heavyweight fight. I don\u2019t know. I didn\u2019t like it. It\u2019s a comeback, it\u2019s a weight issue. Maybe he\u2019s got some issues, but nah &#8230; look, it was bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond Weidman, Rockhold also sees a number of other options for his next fight, including ranked middleweight contenders Darren Till and Jack Hermansson, and middleweight legend Anderson Silva.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s Darren Till,&#8221; Rockhold said. &#8220;There\u2019s the grappler, the Norwegian kid, he looks good, Hermansson looks tough. I want somebody who means something and is a name, something meant to be. I left the division the No. 2-ranked middleweight in the world. So, they can say what they want because I\u2019m unranked at the moment, but I can come back and reassert myself very quickly if I need to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anderson would be fun, but I don\u2019t think he wants anything of this sort,&#8221; Rockhold added. &#8220;He called me out when he was in the UFC, and I called him out and he ran away, and then, you know, even at this point I don\u2019t think he still wants it. I\u2019ve put that fight in the hands of their team and they\u2019ve seemingly worked their way around it as best they can over the years \u2013 many, many years of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rockhold is also interested in fighting former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker, but believes the Australian has lost a step, and is keen to wait and see if he gets by Jared Cannonier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRob doesn\u2019t look like he\u2019s got the fire he\u2019s once had,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I mean, you gotta find the fire if he\u2019s going to come back and compete at that level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m not opposed to\u00a0 [fighting Whittaker]. I\u2019m gonna let him go do his thing and then see how he fares. Cannonier\u2019s got some&#8230; that dude\u2019s got some fire in his blood. And so, if Robert doesn\u2019t find that f**kin&#8217; fire, he\u2019s gonna fall short. So, I\u2019m just looking at the division as a whole. And you gotta be ready, you gotta be fired up, you gotta be motivated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Luke Rockhold fight in his return to the cage?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold is plotting a comeback after a lengthy break, and sees many options in terms of his next opponent. Earlier this week, in an interview with ESPN, Rockhold revealed that he intends to fight again, and targeted his former foe Chris Weidman as a potential opponent. 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