Luke Rockhold has expressed his desire to fight for the middleweight UFC title if he wins against Paulo Costa. Paulo Costa and Luke Rockhold are scheduled to fight at UFC 277 in July, and Luke believes he deserves the championship if he wins the fight. Luke is returning to Octagon after a hiatus of over 3 years and was supposed to fight Sean Strickland at UFC 268 but was unable to compete due to a hernia in his back.
Luke is a former UFC middleweight champion and has a professional record of 16 wins and 5 losses. Luke lost the middleweight title to Michael Bisping, one of the biggest upsets in UFC history. Rockhold last fought against Yoel Romero in the middleweight division at UFC 221, but lost the battle.
Luke talked about his championship chances and said he deserved a title because he was the #2 contender for the belt when he left, and Luke expressed that he would like to fight current middleweight champion Israel Adesanya if he wins against Paulo Costa at the UFC. 277.
talking send radioLuke said: When I left, I was the world’s second-ranked middleweight and lost in a championship game to Yoel Romero, who missed three pounds of weight. So, I really didn’t lose my place. So if I reclaim my proud position here against man number four and beat him up and push him away like no one else has, give me what’s mine.
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“Test myself against the best.” – Luke Rockhold says he wants to fight Israel Adesanya for the championship.
Luke Rockhold has revealed that he wants to fight Israel Adesanya for the middleweight championship. Luke defeated Chris Weidman in 2015 to become the champion in 185 divisions. Now Luke wants to conquer the middleweight division for a second time and Israel believes it will be difficult to fight Adesanya.
In a recent interview, Luke expressed his desire to fight the absolute best on the planet to test himself. Luke will face Costa but still wants to fight Israel Adesanya to test his skills.
During the interview, Luke said:Anyone who looks at the belt and just wants the belt is an idiot. I’m looking at a champion and I want to make the champion the champion. You don’t look at the goddamn belt like, ‘Oh, the belt will make you a champion’. Beating the champion makes you the goddamn champion, so all you focus on is the goddamn champion and that’s it… I just want to fight Israel and test myself against the best.“
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