I think Rockhold's mistake was to bulk up too much after he came into UFC

[justmark]

He was slim and agile in his strikefroce days, with great cardio, as you can see in this image:

This version of Luke was something else.

 

[10000yearsold]

I got the impression that he has drug problems. I think he alluded to it on a visit to his home from some tv crew. I forget what that video was exactly. all in all, he's been kinda a glass cannon. Skilled, but big struggles when met with adversity.

 

[LiQuiD42]

This was his only mistake. It was all down hill from there.

 

[santiago]

Not his huge, overinflated ego?

 

[Black Blood]

He never learned proper striking defense and never had the chin to compensate for that. Seriously, all of his KOs came from left-side strikes, whether left hooks or a wheel kick.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Yeah, him bulking was the reason his chin wasn't good and he'd always drop his hand after throwing. You figured it out, TS. It was the gains.

 

[Corrado Soprano]

He did it for the sex appeal and boy am I happy he did l.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Unrelated: it's weird how fast he aged overnight in the UFC. Look how much younger he looked in the Vitor Belfort fight. Then look at him vs Chris weidman. These fights were only 2 years apart

 

[LiQuiD42]

Unrelated: it's weird how fast he aged overnight in the UFC. Look how much younger he looked in the Vitor Belfort fight. Then look at him vs Chris weidman. These fights were only 2 years apart

That's because Vitor's Kick knocked him 10 years into the future.

 

[Horiguchi'sEar]

He used to fight smarter coming up and in strikeforce. Caught early success in UFC, then fed into his own hype and descended into making silly mistakes defensively

 

[dipstickjimmy]

He never learned proper striking defense and never had the chin to compensate for that. Seriously, all of his KOs came from left-side strikes, whether left hooks or a wheel kick.

Not sure if you are missing something but a Left Hook from your opponent ie Bisping hits you on your right side. The TRTitor wheel kick him Luke on his left side. Seems like he is vulnerable all over.

 

[13Seconds]

Rockholds mistake was that he had shit defense

 

[Masturbin]

His.main problem is his skillet great bottom and top game but no way to get someone to the ground with bad takedown also mediocre defense.

He would have been great as a leg lock based fighter like Hall.

 

[Dr. Rose]

Not sure if you are missing something but a Left Hook from your opponent ie Bisping hits you on your right side. The TRTitor wheel kick him Luke on his left side. Seems like he is vulnerable all over.

Agreed he frequently dropped his hands in an exchange. I would argue he had a decent chin in Strikeforce which is why he never fixed it.

I would also guess he was hard to coach. He was at AKA and never fixed his striking issues. It is not like he was at Hammer House back in the day.

 

[DOMMA]

The issue is that his chin was shot. He drops immediately when hit flush. At the top level, you are going to get hit flush.

 

[filthybliss]

He was slim and agile in his strikefroce days, with great cardio, as you can see in this image:

This version of Luke was something else.

He was elite at MW....He just got too cocky and rushed the fight with Bisping which took a toll on him mentally.

 

[The XL]

Vitor aged Rockhold 15 years. Man kicked his hairline off, gave him wrinkles and everything

Rockhold's mistake was that he couldn't wrestle and couldn't box or take a punch. He had one of the best top games in MMA but didn't have a way to reliably get it there. He was great at distance with his brutal kicks but garbage in boxing range. Once fighters figured this out he was destined to fall off.

The Bisping fight in the moment was a huge upset but if you really look back at it, Bisping matched up well with Luke. He was a pretty good MMA boxer with a high workrate and while he didn't have huge KO power, Luke had the chin of a Bantamweight and as long as Mike kept it in boxing range, he was live.

 

[Trabaho]

This was his only mistake. It was all down hill from there.

Won the title afterwards. Bisping rematch was the start of the end. And this was doped Trtor

 

[DOMMA]

Won the title afterwards. Bisping rematch was the start of the end. And this was doped Trtor

Doped Trtor was a wrecking machine.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

He was slim and agile in his strikefroce days, with great cardio, as you can see in this image:

This version of Luke was something else.

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