A former UFC champion will go for the first time next month.
Since his last performance in the Octagon in 2022, Luke Rockhold has participated in various promotions and control sets.
He has produced a stunning knockout in karate fights and is in the wrong end of a trademark Mike Perry version in BKFC.
For its next post-PUC company, Rockhold will be confronted on 30 August with Darren to a professional boxing fight during Misfits 'Ring of Thrones'.
Some early tension between Rockhold and Till confirms that fans have an exciting collision of personalities, although the former champion was previously given a different name.
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Luke Rockhold says he has rejected a fight with Viddal Riley on the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson Undercard
The boxing debut of Luke Rockhold that takes place against Darren Till is many reasons, in which both men are former UFC hunters who have taken different paths.
It is important for Rockhold, he is convinced that he has the right amount of time to prepare himself correctly, so that he can show what he has worked on, which would not have been the case with the original offer he received for a boxing game.
The former UFC champion middleweight told MMA fighting in a recent interview that he could originally had fought during a historical event in November, which was also planned until the date was moved.
“I had the opportunity to fight on the Jake Paul [and Mike] Tyson card. I spoke with misfits about boxing, I've always wanted to box … It was like a six -week deal before the fight Tyson Paul and I just wasn't in shape, wasn't ready. “
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After a follow-up question, Rockhold revealed that the opponent offered to him was the 13-0 Viddal Riley.
Although Riley is also a big name thanks to his social media and friendships with people like KSI, he is also a legitimate boxer who won the British Cruiserweight title on the undercard of Chris Eank Jr.'s collision with Conor Benn a few months ago.
“I came out like a bad back injury, but it was, I think it was a man, a boxer, a good guy,” Rockhold recalled. “I think his name was Viddal Riley, something like that. He was pretty pretty. For me to be as injured and not having a training camp, I don't go there that way.”
Luke Rockhold does not see the point to return to MMA, unless he offers something big
Until earlier this year it seemed that Luke Rockhold might return to MMA after he was signed at the GFL last November.
The very first announced matchup of the promotion saw him combined with another former UFC champion Chris Weidman in a rematch of their UFC 194 meeting.
GFL's series of events was later canceled, told Rockhold MMA that he had never thought it would actually happen.
The 40-year-old added that at this stage in his career, with the fight he is afterwards, does not quickly see an MMA-backer.
“We all know what is on the table. You have defeated a man like drones, you have put yourself in the race for the big battles. There are large, big, big fights here. To leave those big fights [if I] Win this, it's like the F – would I go back to MMA? There should be a big chance and a big reason. There should be title implications and big money. “