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Luke Rockhold Not Keen on a Fight With Chris Weidman

September 17, 2017 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Luke Rockhold commented on potential fights with Robert Whittaker and Chris Weidman following his win over David Branch at UFC Fight Night 116 (per MMAjunkie). The highlights are below:

On a possible fight with Robert Whittaker: “Whittaker is definitely an interesting fight. I think he’s the true champion right now – the man who fights the fights that count, other than some poser up there running away with the belt.”

On not wanting to face Chris Weidman: “Chris Weidman’s lost three in a row. [Ed Note: Weidman actually won his last fight, beating Kelvin Gastelum at UFC on FOX 25.] That doesn’t make much sense at this point. I’d rather not do that again at the moment.”

On a possible move to light heavyweight: “I’ll fight light heavyweight. The weight cut was rough. I’m not going to lie, it always is. … I’d love to go to light heavyweight. I’d do really well. In the gym, it’s more natural for me. I think I could do things. But ‘DC’ is obviously the man in the division right now. I’m not going up until he gets out. If he goes up or he retires, you can damn well guarantee I’m coming up. I have business to do here first.”

On his performance: “I was OK with (my performance). I didn’t expect him to come forward so hard. I wanted to find my timing, get my range. It was a bit of a weight cut and just trying to get my bearings there in the clinch and figure it out. When I’m best, I wait.”