Luke Rockhold has been sidelined most of 2018, but is hopeful for a return in the first quarter of 2019 – and in a new division. Rockhold (16-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC), a former UFC middleweight champion, said his days at 185 pounds are over and he’ll be moving to light heavyweight. Rockhold told Submission Radio in Australia that he was ready to make the move a while back, but got lured into a rematch with Chris Weidman at UFC 230 in November. Rockhold eventually pulled out of that booking with an injury – his second pullout of 2018. “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,” Rockhold told Submission Radio. “But your body breaks down in camp
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Luke Rockhold says middleweight days over, wants March return at light heavyweight – MMA Junkie