I december kommer Luke Rockhold att möta Chris weidman under UFC 194 i en titelmatch om mellanviktsbältet, men Rockhold känner ingen press eftersom han anser att Weidman är för långsam.
Det här berättade Rockhold via ”Submission Radio”:
I don’t feel nothing. I feel myself going in there and doing my job. That’s what I feel. People want to see this as a close fight? I don’t see it. I think Chris is going to be tough … for a round. Maybe two. I’m going to run away with this fight. I’m going to take the belt home. Another belt to AKA [American Kickboxing Academy].
Chris is just too slow. He’s too slow. He’s slow. That’s all I’ve got to say. He’s slow, slow, slow.
Weidman började sin professionella MMA-karriär 2009 men Rockhold känner att mästaren tillhör den äldre generationen som är på väg ut ur sporten:
I think he’s a very tough guy. I think he’s got this division at the right time, but it’s a new age. There’s a new crop of guys coming up that are on a different level than anyone he’s ever faced. I’m leading the way. He’s in trouble in a lot of ways. I think our Lyoto Machida fights tell a very different story when we fought the same guy. The Vitor Belfort fight, we shouldn’t even talk about it. It’s not even in the same realm. We all know what the difference was, there. Anderson Silva is Anderson so who knows how those fights went. I’m more focused on current history.
Rockhold tror också att Weidmans stil är för ensidig och att han därför inte kommer att kunna kontra hans attacker när de möts:
I’m not scared of Weidman. He’s fighting all of these guy that are scared of his wrestling and letting him dictate the pace of the fight. I dictate the pace of my fights. No one else. He’s not going to bring anything that I’m not used to. I know he’s good on the feet and on the ground but it’s the same thing as Machida on the ground.
I have a different level of speed and athleticism and he’s not going to be able to keep up with me. He can’t keep up, whether we’re on the ground or on the feet, and that’s where I plan on exposing every weakness he has.
I’m going to shut Chris Weidman down in the first round. I’m going to expose him in the second round. I’m going to finish him with a left kick followed by a left punch. Simultaneously.
