{"id":395263,"date":"2022-07-02T17:22:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T17:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=395263"},"modified":"2022-07-02T17:22:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T17:22:40","slug":"former-ufc-middleweight-champion-luke-rockhold-confident-he-is-the-only-one-that-can-defeat-current-champ-israel-adesanya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/former-ufc-middleweight-champion-luke-rockhold-confident-he-is-the-only-one-that-can-defeat-current-champ-israel-adesanya\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold Confident He Is The &#8216;Only One&#8217; That Can Defeat Current Champ Israel Adesanya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold is supremely confident in his ability to dethrone current champion Israel Adesanya if he should so get a chance. In an interview with MMA Junkie, Rockhold spoke about how he was the only man who could use effective tactics to make sure Adesanya\u2019s long championship reign comes to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Rockhold is set to make a giant splash in the division with a return fight against former title challenger Paulo Costa. Luke Rockhold has been out of action since 2019, when he was violently knocked out by Jan Blachowicz, who eventually went on to become a champion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RAJYw3dWys4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Rockhold\u2019s last fight at middleweight was in 2018 so it\u2019s certainly been a fair while since he\u2019s had a major run in the 185-pound division. Despite the long lay-off, Rockhold has no doubt in his ability to produce against \u2018The Last Stylebender\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-had-to-handle-it-for-you-thank-me-kamaru-usman-berates-leon-edwards-for-his-backstage-altercation-with-jorge-masvidal-at-ufc-london\/\">\u2018I Had to Handle It for You\u2026 Thank Me\u2019- Kamaru Usman Berates Leon Edwards for His Backstage Altercation with Jorge Masvidal at UFC London<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When talking about how Israel Adesanya could be beaten by him, Luke Rockhold also recognized that Adesanya is a worthy champion. He doesn\u2019t see Izzy\u2019s current opponent Jared Cannonier doing much damage in his title opportunity at UFC 276.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think Izzy\u2019s a great champion, I think he\u2019s a good character, I like Izzy. I\u2019m not going to lie. I want to fight him, for sure. I think he wins this fight, I mean, Jared Cannonier throws hard. He could hit a leg in the wrong spot \u2013 you never know \u2013 or land something wild. But I think Izzy\u2019s range and his dynamicness is going to be too much. Jared can try to take him down, but he doesn\u2019t have enough solid top game to hold him.\u201d<\/em> [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/luke-rockhold-gives-take-on-potential-israel-adesanya-fight-im-the-only-one-who-can-beat-izzy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bjpenn.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-395264 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/lukee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/lukee.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/lukee-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/lukee-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Luke Rockhold continued, <em>\u201cI think I\u2019m the only one that can beat Izzy. Employ the right tactics, and I\u2019ve got that fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Luke Rockhold will be keen to return to the days of his former glory when he was successful in completely shutting down his opponent\u2019s game plan. However, he\u2019ll have to return with his prior form as the champion Israel Adesanya is truly firing on all cylinders.<\/p>\n<p>More UFC news:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-just-think-i-can-beat-some-of-those-guys-kamaru-usman-eyes-the-205-pound-belt-as-he-chases-champ-champ-status\/\">\u201cI Just Think I Can Beat Some of Those Guys\u201d- Kamaru Usman Eyes the 205-Pound Belt as He Chases Champ-Champ Status<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/hey-man-dont-do-me-like-you-did-that-costa-guy-israel-adesanya-reveals-backstage-interaction-with-sean-strickland-after-smacking-his-a\/\">\u201cHey Man Don\u2019t Do Me Like You Did That Costa Guy\u201d- Israel Adesanya Reveals Backstage Interaction With Sean Strickland After Smacking His A**<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-may-start-painting-my-nail-and-act-like-a-female-sean-strickland-on-what-he-would-do-differently-as-a-champion\/\">\u201cI May Start Painting My Nail and Act Like a Female\u201d- Sean Strickland on What He Would Do Differently as a Champion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow our UFC page for more key UFC updates and news<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold is supremely confident in his ability to dethrone current champion Israel Adesanya if he should so get a chance. In an interview with MMA Junkie, Rockhold spoke about how he was the only man who could use effective tactics to make sure Adesanya\u2019s long championship reign comes to an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":395265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}