Luke Rockhold Says He’s Gonna Prove He’s The Best Middleweight

In an interview with Submission Radio (via MMA Fighting), Luke Rockhold spoke about putting off a move to light heavyweight so he can prove he’s the top middleweight in the world. Here are highlights:

On a fight with Chris Weidman: “Simple enough, it’s a big fight in a big arena. It’s a place I’ve always wanted to go and a perfect match-up. It’s a very fitting situation. It’s something that gets me up, gets me excited, and makes me want to drop that weight. And there’s a hold up. There’s a hold up in the [light heavyweight] division. Obviously I’m very close to ‘DC’ [Daniel Cormier] and I know his standing, where he’s going and what’s going on right now. So there’s a lot of things that need to be cleared up before I make that move and run up on the light heavyweights.”

On getting a win: “It’s Weidman at Madison Square Garden. He’s an incredible fighter, man. He put away Kelvin Gastelum. People want to discredit Weidman because he’s had a couple of rough fights since we encountered but he showed up. You’re only as good as your last fight, they say, and he showed up and put Gastelum away like nobody else has. He’s very relevant in the division. He’s No. 3 in the world so going in an putting him away again speaks volumes.”

On his goal: “I’m coming to win the f**king fight. I’m coming to put him away. I’m gonna leave no doubt. People who doubt me, I’m gonna go out there and show myself. Every fight is different. There’s complications in fights, I’m gonna go out there and prove myself as the top middleweight in the world.”