Rockhold eager to move up to 205 noticing Smith and Santos success (not impressed by them).

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Rockhold said :

“I think I rushed into the fight at Madison Square Garden,” Rockhold said. “They really wanted that match-up with Weidman at Madison Square and I liked it a lot, and I think I just made myself believe that I could make it happen. It was far too soon for my leg. There’s just so much internal healing in the scar, and the scar is just finally sealing up over the top. And then there’s all the underlying issues. And it’s right on the bone, and so if I were to kick, even at this point, it’s still fairly dangerous that the whole thing could just open up like a big female wound on my shin, like an axe wound. I’m not gonna lie, I don’t know how else to put it. It could be really bad, and I’m not really willing to risk a fight at this point just due to that.

“So, I’m trying to heal. I got some stem cells injected back into it. And then my knee, that really kind of took me out of the fight, it was the last thing I was kind of working around everything else, it’s a little more than I thought too. It’s a small tear of my PCL and my ACL, so I’ve been trying to work around it. And I reinjured and hurt it a little bit, so I just noticed that I gotta back off for at least six more weeks probably now and move up, move up and get stronger. I’m just training every day. I’m lifting, so getting stronger. Getting stronger is the recipe, light heavyweight is the course. I’m coming for these guys, man. I’m just not really impressed with what’s going on right now in that division and I’m tired of compromising my body. And I’m a better fighter where I fight naturally and bigger and I’m long overdue moving up and I’m done with middleweight. It’s time to move up.”

“That is it, that it is, man,” Rockhold said. “I was ready to move up, and then they enticed me with that fight to get to Madison Square Garden and I made myself believe I can do it, but your body breaks down in camp. Everything just starts falling apart when my weight gets down further and further, and when the stress of the fight builds up my body just falls apart. So, it’s been meaning to happen for the last few years.

“I’ve been killing myself for many years now trying to make that weight. It makes me less of a fighter. I’m ready to move on and I’m ready to light these guys up. You’ve got guys making waves at light heavyweight that are somewhat laughable, you know? Couple of middleweight washouts reaching into the top 10 within a few fights, it’s… the division is open, I’m ready to feast.”

“Anthony Smith, yeah. I mean, what, Santos came up just recently too. These guys, I’m just not impressed,” Rockhold continued. “Not impressed with these guys. They’re a little sloppy in so many ways and I see openings and I’m ready to move up. I mean, the rest of the division, there’s a couple of good guys up there, but I don’t see much. I’m ready to come up and I’m ready to shut it down.”

“March timeframe sounds pretty good,” Rockhold concluded. “I like the sound of that. I’m trying to do everything I can to get back in there, and so I want to rush my way in but I want to do it right. And I don’t want to have to fall out of this thing. So, I’m just waiting on the body to go, but I think March is a very realistic.”

Source: https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/12...ld-says-hes-officially-done-with-middleweight
Credit to Submission Radio for those nice interviews, I know you post here too and maybe have posted it here already but I wanted to have another conversation going.
Here's the link to the video in case people didn't see it :


That diss right there from Rockhold, saying Smith looked like a "bum" in that audio full interview, damn.
Interesting that he notices those 2 are making waves so he wants some of that LHW action now too.
He doesn't think much of them as his potential future opponents either.
I'm interested to see how he does. He could whoop those two, but he could also lose to them with his bad striking defense and chin.
 
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Yeah but those other guys that moved up didn't get one punched by Michael Bisping
 
Good. Smith and Santos are both gatekeepers and they did alright after moving up to such a shallow division. Rockhold should do just as well if not better.
 
PEDS Help me Post said:
Yeah but those other guys that moved up didn't get one punched by Michael Bisping
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Santos got put out by David Branch and Smith has lost to many inferior fighters. Rockhold should beat both of those guys.
 
Smith is a "more favorable match up" for Luke in my opinion, but either way, He's hangin with the big boys, and his pretty face isn't known for taking a punch. It'll be interesting to see how he fairs, but he should be able to handle Smith, but after seeing what Smith did to Volkan and Shogun...

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He does have a point. Rockhold was a far, far better MW than Smith and Santos ever were. Then again, LHW is not the same beast as MW.
 
Can we please be blessed with Rockhold v Romero for both of their debuts at 205?

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Kwic said:
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Rockhold said :

“I think I rushed into the fight at Madison Square Garden,” Rockhold said. “They really wanted that match-up with Weidman at Madison Square and I liked it a lot, and I think I just made myself believe that I could make it happen. It was far too soon for my leg. There’s just so much internal healing in the scar, and the scar is just finally sealing up over the top. And then there’s all the underlying issues. And it’s right on the bone, and so if I were to kick, even at this point, it’s still fairly dangerous that the whole thing could just open up like a big female wound on my shin, like an axe wound. I’m not gonna lie, I don’t know how else to put it. It could be really bad, and I’m not really willing to risk a fight at this point just due to that.

“So, I’m trying to heal. I got some stem cells injected back into it. And then my knee, that really kind of took me out of the fight, it was the last thing I was kind of working around everything else, it’s a little more than I thought too. It’s a small tear of my PCL and my ACL, so I’ve been trying to work around it. And I reinjured and hurt it a little bit, so I just noticed that I gotta back off for at least six more weeks probably now and move up, move up and get stronger. I’m just training every day. I’m lifting, so getting stronger. Getting stronger is the recipe, light heavyweight is the course. I’m coming for these guys, man. I’m just not really impressed with what’s going on right now in that division and I’m tired of compromising my body. And I’m a better fighter where I fight naturally and bigger and I’m long overdue moving up and I’m done with middleweight. It’s time to move up.”

“That is it, that it is, man,” Rockhold said. “I was ready to move up, and then they enticed me with that fight to get to Madison Square Garden and I made myself believe I can do it, but your body breaks down in camp. Everything just starts falling apart when my weight gets down further and further, and when the stress of the fight builds up my body just falls apart. So, it’s been meaning to happen for the last few years.

“I’ve been killing myself for many years now trying to make that weight. It makes me less of a fighter. I’m ready to move on and I’m ready to light these guys up. You’ve got guys making waves at light heavyweight that are somewhat laughable, you know? Couple of middleweight washouts reaching into the top 10 within a few fights, it’s… the division is open, I’m ready to feast.”

“Anthony Smith, yeah. I mean, what, Santos came up just recently too. These guys, I’m just not impressed,” Rockhold continued. “Not impressed with these guys. They’re a little sloppy in so many ways and I see openings and I’m ready to move up. I mean, the rest of the division, there’s a couple of good guys up there, but I don’t see much. I’m ready to come up and I’m ready to shut it down.”

“March timeframe sounds pretty good,” Rockhold concluded. “I like the sound of that. I’m trying to do everything I can to get back in there, and so I want to rush my way in but I want to do it right. And I don’t want to have to fall out of this thing. So, I’m just waiting on the body to go, but I think March is a very realistic.”

Source: https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/12...ld-says-hes-officially-done-with-middleweight
Credit to Submission Radio for those nice interviews, I know you post here too and maybe have posted it here already but I wanted to have another conversation going.
Here's the link to the video in case people didn't see it :


That diss right there from Rockhold, saying Smith looked like a "bum" in that audio full interview, damn.
Interesting that he notices those 2 are making waves so he wants some of that LHW action now too.
He doesn't think much of them as his potential future opponents either.
I'm interested to see how he does. He could whoop those two, but he could also lose to them with his bad striking defense and chin.
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Aka he can’t compete with the elite anymore at 185...
No shame he’s a great fighter but he hasn’t looked super awesome of late.
 
Finally these mental midgets are learning that cutting 50 lbs then trying to fight isn't the best for your body, or chin.

Whittaker was a journeyman at ww, goes up to me and cleans house.

Darth "the master" bader is making hws look silly.
 
at least they have a better chin than rockhold
 
wearetheromans said:
Finally these mental midgets are learning that cutting 50 lbs then trying to fight isn't the best for your body, or chin.

Whittaker was a journeyman at ww, goes up to me and cleans house.

Darth "the master" bader is making hws look silly.
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well that's HW. also LHW is a shit division too. I think it's great for rockhold to move up since he kills himself to make weight and 205 is a wasteland
 
Every time Luke gets ko'd his hairline advances 1 point further up the Norwood scale.
 
Rockhold is more skilled than most of the roster but his chin isn't that good. We'll see if moving up helps with that.
 
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