Luke Rockhold is making a comeback. The former UFC middleweight champion is being targeted to return on July 30 at UFC 277 against former title challenger Paulo Costa . Both parties have verbally agreed on the matchup. The news was first reported by ESPN on Saturday night and later confirmed by MMA Junkie’s Mike Bohn. Related Jared Cannonier: Israel Adesanya will have to change approach against me, 'not going to be style-bending' Israel Adesanya: Khamzat Chimaev is 'a beast, but he's a beast at 170' Rockhold hasn’t competed since July 2019 when he made his debut at light heavyweight against Jan Blachowicz, who would go on to become UFC champion. Rockhold was knocked out in the second round of their contest
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