Former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold’s days at 185 pounds are no more.
The American Kickboxing Academy product had been hinting for months about jumping up to the light heavyweight division. But after several injuries forced him to watch from the sideline for all of 2018, Rockhold decided the time was now to make the move to 205 pounds.
As for when and who he expects to welcome him into his new division, Rockhold admits the top of the rankings are already murky enough, but he doesn’t expect many challenges on his way to what he feels is an inevitable matchup with champion Jon Jones.