Filed under: News , UFC UFC President Dana White confirmed Luke Rockhold has been offered a fight against Anderson Silva at June’s UFC 212 event after Silva’s original opponent, Kelvin Gastelum, was recently pulled from the scheduled matchup. Gastelum (14-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) received notice of a  potential U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) violation for having marijuana metabolites in his system during an in-competition test taken in conjunction with his knockout of Vitor Belfort at UFC Fight Night 106 in March. He was removed from UFC 212 as a result, leaving Silva (34-8 MMA, 17-4 UFC) without an opponent. Rockhold (15-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC), who was in attendance at UFC 210 on Saturday in Buffalo, N.Y., told Padlokt.com  that he’s been offered and accepted a fight with the former longtime UFC middleweight champion

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Luke Rockhold offered to fight Anderson Silva at UFC 212; Dana White says it’s ‘a process’ – MMA Junkie

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