Luke Rockhold har flertalet gånger uttryckt sitt missnöje över att UFCs mellanviktsdivision är rörig, då han anser att man står still trots att man vinner matcher. Nu meddelar Rockhold att han gärna går match i tungvikt istället, fram tills det att allt ordnar upp sig.
Detta hade han att säga via ”MMAFighting”:
I’m here to fight, one way or the other. But the [middleweight] division itself is annoying, and I’m not holding to that either. I’m hoping to move up a division. I’ve voiced that so, if this division’s going to go the way it’s going, might as well move up and do a different division.
I wouldn’t mind taking fights at heavyweight just for fun. I mean, if it’s just about having fun and getting paid, I’d rather go fight somewhere else. I would rather fight in a different division. Because I’m not going to fight the best guys at middleweight to get to nowhere. I’d rather fight fights that are fun, for me, and get me excited. Picking off people like Werdum.
I’m not going to try and gain a bunch of weight. What do I need? I fight the best heavyweights all the time. I know what I’m capable of in that division. I’ve got a lot of guys that come through. I train a lot of different areas, so I’d do quite well at heavyweight.
Rockhold tog sig senast an och besegrades av Michael Bisping via knockout under UFC 199, som därmed blev organisationens nya titelhållare i mellanvikt.
