Rumored Rockhold to try power slap next

[tasticles]

Exactly, isn't he supposed to have a really good ground game, unless that's all lies, too? He should definitely do BJJ or some kind of submission grappling.

I Can objectively say the man could go places in TKD where they arent allowed to punch to the head.

He does have a good ground game, but you no longer get a rush out of it after grappling long enough. Adrenaline junky i suspect.

 

[AMAZINGUFC]

According to Bloody Elbow today. (I cant link the article, im old and on my phone). My god, its depressing news

Luke Rockhold lost in

MMA
Boxing
Bare Knuckle
BJJ
Wrestling

soon
Power Slap ( )


He will reach his prime.

 

[JakePaulMMA]

He's got the crail slide on lock, gotta rate it

Dope!

 

[Cipushka]

Will he spit or swallow tho?

 

[VAfan]

i don't think he had a brain to begin with, but whatever was there in the first place is all gone by now.

 

[ralphus1]

For a guy who can earn a living by modeling, this is certainly a choice.

 

[JPOMMA]

I don’t get the Luke career trajectory at all, other than he - and his advisors - must be really dumb, because he had (still has in some cases) amazing opportunities…

- UFC world champion
- excellent BJJ and kickboxing
- good looking to the extent of major modeling offers
- can also make skateboarding and surfing content

You’d think he’d be living in a mansion, with a full calendar of high paying modeling jobs and MMA seminars around the world, making cool sponsored skating and surfing content too during his travels, in the company of 8-10s everywhere.

Instead he’s destroying what’s remaining of his health, looks, marketability, and legacy, for pennies in ever smaller and sadder combat events.

Clearly not a genius, but also his management or agent clearly was totally useless in guiding his career. Sad.

Very good points. It may be that his desire to seek challenges in combat situations is much stronger than his love of skateboarding or enjoyment of comfort things. It might make his life more meaningful than hanging around with 10s and posing for photographers.

 

[Slapjit]

This as an opportunity for Luke to gain another billion followers before starting his pro skating career. Don't question the process, haters.



Luke will be bigger than the X Games.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

I don’t get the Luke career trajectory at all, other than he - and his advisors - must be really dumb, because he had (still has in some cases) amazing opportunities…

- UFC world champion
- excellent BJJ and kickboxing
- good looking to the extent of major modeling offers
- can also make skateboarding and surfing content

You’d think he’d be living in a mansion, with a full calendar of high paying modeling jobs and MMA seminars around the world, making cool sponsored skating and surfing content too during his travels, in the company of 8-10s everywhere.

Instead he’s destroying what’s remaining of his health, looks, marketability, and legacy, for pennies in ever smaller and sadder combat events.

Clearly not a genius, but also his management or agent clearly was totally useless in guiding his career. Sad.

On one end you have seminars which requires you to travel a lot, expend energy, have discipline for a set schedule etc. The money may or may not be good.

On the other end, you have one fight camp once or twice a year and get paid a big enough lump sum to keep you afloat for a while. These guys are definitely going to take the second option to make fast money and to satisfy that adrenaline rush

Besides majority of these guys post UFC won't have much marketability outside of sister combat sports where they could use their name.

 

[piropiro]

A former UFC world champion, and he's a well known name too, can easily do one-day seminars at 200-300 dollars per participant internationally, with an average of 70-100 participants conservatively (I am nowhere near as famous and lived off seminars for a decade with similar fees and participation, so these for him are very conservative estimates and he could do almost as many as he wants if he's willing to travel around the world).

That's 20-30k per seminar, usually divided 50/50 with the organizers (who then cover travel and accommodation from their half) so it's 10-15k in his pocket from each seminar. Doing one every two weeks, which is a super easy schedule as you're basically working 1 day every 14, it's 20-30k per month just from seminars so around 300k per year, then add a few modeling gigs and some online content, he'd be hovering on 500k per year working very moderately ... there is no way he's getting half a million a year from a couple of losses in these smaller and smaller events. Also one career can last almost indefinitely, as long as he just keeps in reasonable shape, whilst the other is destined to end soon and likely with substantial damage.

Makes no sense (to me obviously).

On one end you have seminars which requires you to travel a lot, expend energy, have discipline for a set schedule etc. The money may or may not be good.

On the other end, you have one fight camp once or twice a year and get paid a big enough lump sum to keep you afloat for a while. These guys are definitely going to take the second option to make fast money and to satisfy that adrenaline rush

Besides majority of these guys post UFC won't have much marketability outside of sister combat sports where they could use their name.

 

[richardjohnson]

I’ve always said Luke’s skill set is best suited for power slap

 

[Billthebutcher]

At this point Luke should reflect on his bad decisions, breaking up with that rich celebrity, fighting Perry, grappling Colby, & just about everything he's done in the past couple years

 

[colorles]

A former UFC world champion, and he's a well known name too, can easily do one-day seminars at 200-300 dollars per participant internationally, with an average of 70-100 participants conservatively (I am nowhere near as famous and lived off seminars for a decade with similar fees and participation, so these for him are very conservative estimates and he could do almost as many as he wants if he's willing to travel around the world).

That's 20-30k per seminar, usually divided 50/50 with the organizers (who then cover travel and accommodation from their half) so it's 10-15k in his pocket from each seminar. Doing one every two weeks, which is a super easy schedule as you're basically working 1 day every 14, it's 20-30k per month just from seminars so around 300k per year, then add a few modeling gigs and some online content, he'd be hovering on 500k per year working very moderately ... there is no way he's getting half a million a year from a couple of losses in these smaller and smaller events. Also one career can last almost indefinitely, as long as he just keeps in reasonable shape, whilst the other is destined to end soon and likely with substantial damage.

Makes no sense (to me obviously).

Fighters - and most athletes in general for that matter - are not "normal people" mentally. He doesn't want to work a job he wants to shred some gnar, sleep in, and have a ton of sex and do drugs intermittently.



Combat sports of all sports can provide that lifestyle. Because unlike being on a professional sports team where you have to show up for practice, do what a coach says and play a long season for much of the year, a fighter can do whatever the fuck he wants to just show up to fight and collect paychecks. Mark Hunt is a perfect example of this, for anybody that has read his book.