{"id":84979,"date":"2014-02-04T09:02:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T17:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=84979"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:10:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:10:12","slug":"ufc-172-in-baltimore-adds-luke-rockhold-vs-tim-boetsch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-172-in-baltimore-adds-luke-rockhold-vs-tim-boetsch\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 172 in Baltimore adds Luke Rockhold vs. Tim Boetsch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/111fight-niiiight-35-bonus-repoooooort-roomero-brunson-miller-and-rockhold\/luke-rockhold-celebrating\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-81411\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-81411\" title=\"Luke Rockhold Celebrating\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Luke-Rockhold-Celebrating.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Luke-Rockhold-Celebrating.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Luke-Rockhold-Celebrating-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Luke-Rockhold-Celebrating-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A key middleweight bout between Luke Rockhold (11-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and Tim Boetsch (17-6 MMA, 8-5 UFC) is the latest addition to April&#8217;s UFC 172 event in Baltimore. UFC officials announced the fight Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The final Strikeforce middleweight champion, Luke Rockhold, is coming off his first UFC win, which he earned this past month over Constantinos Philippou in the main event of &#8216;UFC Fight Night 35.&#8217; Rockhold took home the events \u201cKnockout of the Night\u201d honors, as he stopped Philippou with a viscous kick to the body.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Tim Boetsch got back in the win column in October with his split decision victory over C.B. Dollaway at the UFC 166 event in Houston, Texas. Prior to that, &#8220;The Barbarian&#8221; had dropped back to back fights to Mark Munoz and Constantinos Philippou respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC 172 event takes place on April 26 live from Maryland&#8217;s Baltimore Arena. The evenings main card will air on pay-per-view, with the prelims airing live on FOX Sports 1.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 172 is headlined by a light heavyweight title bout between current champion Jon Jones and number 1 contender Glover Teixeira.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you have winning this middleweight bout? Let&#8217;s hear it Penn Nation!<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/chris-taylor\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Taylor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A key middleweight bout between Luke Rockhold (11-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and Tim Boetsch (17-6 MMA, 8-5 UFC) is the latest addition to April&#8217;s UFC 172 event in Baltimore. UFC officials announced the fight Tuesday morning. 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