Luke Rockhold Wants A Fight With Fabricio Werdum

In an interview with UFC Tonight on FS1 (via MMA Junkie), Luke Rockhold (15-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) said he wants a fight with Fabricio Werdum (21-6-1 MMA, 9-3 UFC) to settle a score from their days in Strikeforce.

He said: “Everyone’s steaming over this new fight I brought up: I think me and Werdum have got some old beef from Strikeforce. He’s a guy I’ve always wanted to fight. I’ve thought it, through, and I like the style matchup. Given what’s going on in the middleweight division right now – screw that. I’m coming to heavyweight. Let’s do this. They’re into making money fights, right? They want to make a money fight, sell some tickets? Let’s do this thing.”

Ariel Helwani added on Twitter:

UFC said Werdum has plans for this summer, but Rockhold isn't letting this go. He really wants to settle their old Strikeforce beef ASAP.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 22, 2017