Luke Rockhold

Luke Rockhold is the Santa Cruz surfer and AKA product who was the last Strikeforce middleweight champion, defending the belt twice. In the UFC he submitted Michael Bisping and Lyoto Machida and stopped Chris Weidman at UFC 194 in 2015 to win the middleweight title.

He lost it in his first defence to Bisping at UFC 199, was knocked out by Yoel Romero and Jan Błachowicz and later moved to bare-knuckle boxing. CagePotato covered the Bisping rivalry and his title win.

Luke Rockhold fact file
Full nameLuke Skyler Rockhold
Nickname—
Date of birth
Place of birthSanta Cruz, California, USA
Organisations fought in
  • UFC
  • Strikeforce
  • BKFC
Accolades
  • UFC Middleweight Champion (2015–2016)
  • Strikeforce Middleweight Champion (final champion, two title defences)

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