Former UFC star Luke Rockhold is more than confidence in achieving a big win in his return against Darren Till.
A former middleweight champion, Luke Rockhold, returns this weekend to the Ring on top of Misfits-Boksen 22 and will take on fellow-hike veteran Darren to a controversial confrontation in Manchester.
And enjoying a mixed bag successfully since his UFC room, Rockhold scored an impressive knockout victory over Joe Schilling, after a defeat against Mike Perry in a one-off Cameo with the BKFC.
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But only a few days out of his fight with Liverpool Star Till, former Strikeforce star Rockhold has faith in equalizing similar success.
Luke Rockhold promises to turn Darren into three rounds
A huge threat in the entry earlier in his mixed martial arts career, Rockhold would later yield some remarkable knockouts during his stint in the cage.
In particular, winning the UFC Middleweight title with a knockout from Chris Weidman, Rockhold needed four rounds to do this.
But in a daring prediction for the fight, he promised to stop within three rounds this weekend.
'I put you down in 3 [rounds]D (Darren Till), 'Rockhold on his official Instagram account.
And while he is popping up the gloves again this weekend for his resorting competition with Till, Santa Cruz Native Rockhold did not lock the door on a return to mixed martial arts competition.
Luke Rockhold sets requirements for possible UFC -COMEBACK
When he saw the middleweight landscape uprooted since his exit, Rockhold recently teased a potential return to the UFC.
Weighed the newly crowned division champion Khamzat Chimaev and his future run at the top of the division, Rockhold speculated that a certain competition could have the courage to end his run early.
As for his own potential return, however, Rockhold admitted that he would have a number of elevated requirements that should be met to make him a comeback.
“… Why the F – I should go back to MMA? There should be a big chance and a big reason. There should be title implications and there should be a lot of money,” Rockhold explained.