“I Might Be Getting An Itch”-Luke Rockhold Has Interesting News For Fans

Luke Rockhold might be inching closer to a return into the octagon.

Luke Rockhold, the UFC middleweight champion has been out of action for a while now. His last appearance inside the octagon was last July. He went up against Jan Blachowicz and suffered a knock out defeat. In all fairness, it was his first fight at 205lbs.

Post this loss, Rockhold hinted that that might have been it. But he never officially called it quits. He knew it was way too early for him to hang up his gloves for good. He didn’t pull the trigger on it, he was sure he’d want to fight again.

Rockhold recently underwent shoulder surgery to repair a labrum tear and a rotator cuff. Coming out of the surgery, he wants to compete once again. He said, “That’s why I just kept my mouth shut. People just do it to seek attention. I’m not trying to like make some big statements, make attention about it when I’m not sure about it. Here we are now. I’m getting healthier and I might be getting an itch. We’ll see.” He’s waiting to get fit so he can now compete again.

He’s aiming for a light heavyweight return. When you used to fight at 185lbs he held the titles in UFC and Strikeforce as well. He has a lot of choices if he chooses to return. He said, “A lot of interesting choices. If Anderson [Silva] is still interested and seemingly he is, maybe, you never know. [Chris] Weidman’s got a fight coming up. If something, he comes out of that well, you never know. There are options.”

Luke Rockhold is on his way back!

Speaking about his fitness Rockhold said, “I’ve just got to get healthy. It’s getting healthy and getting everything right and just taking some time off. I’ve been pushing it so hard for 15 years in this sport. It’s nice to have a break, mentally it’s freeing. Get focused on some other things I can do and there’s a lot to maintain and keep up with.”
With the current situation in mind, there isn’t a clue as to when he will be able to return. But he intends on riding this pandemic out and then getting back into the business. He said, “We’ll see how the UFC and everyone come out of this coronavirus epidemic because it’s going to bury a lot of companies,” Rockhold said. “I’m curious to see how these fights come to be.”

Are you guys just as excited as we are?