For the last few months, Luke Rockhold has toyed with the idea of abandoning the middleweight division to move up the greener pastures of light heavyweight. Now it seems that time has finally come.
Rockhold had said he intended to move up to 205 pounds but when the UFC came calling with an offer to rematch Chris Weidman at Madison Square Garden, the former middleweight champion decided to delay those plans. But hat bout never happened as Rockhold was forced to withdraw from UFC 230 due to continuing complications with his injured leg that had been surgically repaired.