Tidigare UFC-fighter och numera MMA-analytiker, Kenny Florian, menar att den tidigare mellanviktsmästaren Luke Rockhold har mycket att jobba på. Genom ”Anik and Florian Podcast” sade han att Rockhold bör se över sin teknik i matchen mot Michael Bisping och inte skylla på att han inte tog honom på ”allvar”.
If you lost that fight to Michael Bisping, you have to be looking at not the fact that you took him lightly, but the technical errors you made in that fight. He’s done this throughout his career and now people are onto it. Michael Bisping has set a blueprint on how to beat Luke Rockhold and he didn’t address the issue.
[If I’m Rockhold], I’ve got to keep my hands up. If I am hitting that right hook, I’ve got to pivot or do something to make sure I don’t get hit again because he’s moving straight back and he’s a little bit lazy with that lead right hand which is something I used to do so I know all about that. I think he will address it eventually and it will make him a much better fighter.
Florian hade velat se Rockhold ta sig an Yoel Romero där Florian tror att ett sådant steg är i rätt riktning för den tidigare mellanviktsmästaren.
I think a fight against Yoel Romero. If everything plays out the way it should, let’s say Michael Bisping goes on to defend the belt, he gets that next shot against Whittaker, then [Rockhold] fights someone like Romero. I think that’s something that might make sense.
Rockhold besegrade David Branch i helgen genom teknisk submission där Branch klappade ut på grund av slag.
