Luke Rockhold needs a chunk of fellow former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland.
Rockhold (16-6 MMA, 6-5 UFC), 39, parted methods with the UFC after shedding a Battle of the Evening brawl in opposition to Paulo Costa in August 2022. He was pissed off watching Strickland beat Costa on this previous Saturday’s UFC 302 co-main occasion.
Rockhold doesn’t get pleasure from watching Strickland combat and would like to throw down with him within the octagon.
“For those who have been Dana White, would you ever need this man preventing again for a title? I can’t stand watching this motherf*cker combat,” Rockhold mentioned on the “JAXXON PODCAST.” “F*cking ebook me. Signal me up, Dana. I’ll f*cking finish this child’s life, I assure.”
Rockhold mouthed off on the UFC within the lead-up to his combat with Costa, so he isn’t certain in the event that they’re on good phrases – however he’s open to reconciling.
“(Strickland) simply needs to get into like a brawl each time as a result of he’s acquired that fashion (the place) he comes from such bizarre angles that he wins a variety of these exchanges,” Rockhold mentioned of Strickland. “He’s going to attempt to put on you out, however you’ve acquired to go excessive, low, you’ve acquired to wrestle with him. Dana provides me that corridor move, I’ll are available in, I’ll step on that child’s face.
“I left and clearly if lots of people paid consideration, they noticed that week (main as much as) Paulo Costa I had a variety of issues to say. I’ve been gone for some time, and I felt like I used to be mistreated a bit and so – every little thing is gone. Water beneath the bridge, however I don’t know in the event that they wish to take care of me. But when we did deal, I’d deal proper.”
Rockhold and Strickland have been booked to combat at UFC 268, however the combat was scrapped when Rockhold withdrew resulting from a again harm. The pair sparred earlier than, and Rockhold is assured he’d get the higher of him on the bottom.
“I’ve labored with Strickland. He’s bizarre, he’s awkward, however he ain’t that good,” Rockhold mentioned. “He’s acquired respectable wrestling, he’s acquired respectable defensive jiu-jitsu. Like, he simply will get up. He is aware of methods to rise up. He’s respectable with that. That’s what he does effectively.”
Strickland’s loud and unfiltered mouth additionally rubs Rockhold the incorrect means.
“I hate that man,” Rockhold mentioned. “I do know lots of people have a look at me, and so they simply hate me. I see this f*cking child’s face each time, and it’s simply disgusting. He’s a pretend little b*tch. He doesn’t even know who he’s. I don’t suppose he believes the sh*t he’s saying today. He’s simply spouting off.”
After shedding to Costa, Rockhold signed with BKFC and suffered a TKO loss to Mike Perry in April 2023. Rockhold then picked up his first fight sports activities win in years when he knocked out Joe Schilling this previous April at Karate Fight 45.
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