Luke Rockhold
UFC 2013–present · rated in 3 editions · peak overall 88.0
Scouting report
Capturing both the Strikeforce and UFC Middleweight Championships, Luke Rockhold built his career around southpaw question-mark kicks and top control. Training out of AKA in San Jose, California, Rockhold claimed the UFC title with a fourth-round TKO of Chris Weidman, his arsenal highlighted by an 80 BJJ rating and 82 Kickboxing.
Peak ratings
By edition
Rockhold went on a four-fight submission streak between 2014 and 2015, knocking out Costas Philippou with a body kick, submitting Tim Boetsch with an inverted triangle kimura, submitting Michael Bisping with a one-arm guillotine in Sydney, and choking out Lyoto Machida in Newark. At UFC 194 in Las Vegas, he battered Chris Weidman to capture the UFC Middleweight Championship. His question-mark kicks, top control, and grappling are reflected in an 82 Boxing and 89 Kickboxing.
Rockhold lost the title by first-round knockout to rival Michael Bisping at UFC 199 in Los Angeles, before returning in September 2017 in Pittsburgh to dominate former WSOF two-division champion David Branch with ground strikes from mount. His kicks, top mount ground-and-pound, and submission threats anchor his 83 Boxing and 90 Kickboxing.
In February 2018 at UFC 221 in Perth, Rockhold challenged Yoel Romero for the interim middleweight belt, dropping a third-round knockout loss, before moving to light heavyweight in 2019, where he suffered a broken jaw against Jan Blachowicz in Las Vegas. His left kick and top-control grappling maintain his ratings of 82 Boxing and 88 Kickboxing.
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