{"id":377787,"date":"2021-03-02T07:03:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T15:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=377787"},"modified":"2021-03-02T07:03:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T15:03:21","slug":"luke-rockhold-targets-summer-return-for-sexy-fight-with-darren-till-or-marvin-vettori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/luke-rockhold-targets-summer-return-for-sexy-fight-with-darren-till-or-marvin-vettori\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Rockhold targets summer return for &#8220;sexy&#8221; fight with Darren Till or Marvin Vettori"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold is hoping to return to action in the summer\u2014ideally for a &#8220;sexy&#8221; fight with Darren Till or Marvin Vettori.<\/p>\n<p>Rockhold has not fought since July, 2019, when he was knocked out by Jan Blachowicz in his first fight in the light heavyweight division.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, Rockhold has recently expressed interest in a<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/luke-rockhold-announces-that-hes-not-retiring\/\"> return<\/a> to the cage, and reaffirmed that interest during a recent appearance on Submission Radio, pointing to the summer as the ideal timeframe for his comeback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the time\u2019s right, when something really kind of appeals to me, it\u2019s sexy,&#8221; Rockhold said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/luke-rockhold-wants-sexy-fight-for-comeback-eyes-till-vettori\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LowKick MMA<\/a>). &#8220;I want to come back for something that gets me excited, and I want to come back when I\u2019m ready, when my body\u2019s ready. I think early, late summer would be ideal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In terms of potential opponents for his return to the Octagon, Rockhold likes the sounds of a fight with Till or Vettori, two top-5 middleweights who will clash on April 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just matching up with the right person and the right thing that\u2019s going to put me to where I want,\u201d Rockhold said. \u201cI\u2019m not looking to just play around. I\u2019m wanna go straight to the gut of this division. And most likely 185. Not ruling out 205. But I really just gotta push my body to get in shape and see where it wants to go. Right now, I\u2019m light. I\u2019m like 205-208 [pounds] right now, and I think that legitimately it\u2019s going to be looking like I\u2019m going back to middleweight. But we will see. If something pops up, you never know. If a fight falls apart, like many injuries do and COVID and everything that happens, I could be ready sooner than later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Chris Weidman, he\u2019s not what he used to be,\u201d Rockhold added, ruling out his long-time rival, Weidman, as a potential opponent. \u201cAnd if he were to somehow change it around in this fight with Uriah Hall\u00a0and do something, maybe? But right now, these other two fights are definitely more in my viewpoint. This Marvin Vettori kid is doing pretty well for himself, and Darren Till\u2019s done a couple of things here. So, I like those fights.\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 hoping to return to action in the summer\u2014ideally for a &#8220;sexy&#8221; fight with Darren Till or Marvin Vettori. 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