Luke Rockhold

Fans of mixed martial arts, which spread in the United States of America in the 90s of the 20th century, are familiar with the name of Luke Rockhold, who twice retained the title of champion Strikeforce. However, few people know that the fighter, who became the last holder of the UFC middleweight belt, in addition to jiu-jitsu and kickboxing, is fond of other sports and appears at the world high fashion weeks as the new face of the firm Polo Ralph Lauren.

American fighter named Luke Skyler Rockhold was born on October 17, 1984 on the west coast of California, in the administrative center of Santa Cruz. Since childhood, the boy's biography was associated with sports, as his Irish father was a professional European basketball player, and his mother, who masterfully owned the ball and racket, constantly took him to the tennis court.

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Unlike his parents and brother, who was fond of surfing, Luke chose a tougher approach to the formation of his own body and at the age of 6 seriously engaged in the Brazilian struggle. In the school section, he studied judo and jiu-jitsu techniques and thus gained a place in the university team of freestyle wrestlers.

However, after participating in a number of fights Rockhold decided that he was closer to the art associated with throws, so he left the wrestling and continued training, aimed at suffocating techniques and painful grips with the legs. On the advice of friends, the guy, whose height reached 191 cm, and the weight was on the verge of 82 kg, entered the American Academy of Kickboxing and continued the path to achievements and matured champion dream.

In the first professional fight, held in the tournament called Melee on the Mountain, Rockhold completely dominated the opponent and after impressive work with his feet for the victory used a painful technique.

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After the second battle, which ended with a TKO, Luke was offered to perform in mixed martial arts and participate in the fight Young Guns II, organized by the American Kickboxing Association Strikeforce. Having won thanks to a barrage of powerful blows on the torso of the opponent, the young fighter aroused the sympathy of management and managers and received an invitation to another fight.

Then, appearing in the extra fights held at Strikeforce Challengers, Luke applied a branded suffocating technique against Jesse Taylor, and some time after the decisive knee blow in front of him could not resist Paul Bradley.

These victories made the young American a character of the video game EA Sports MMA and allowed hope to perform against more eminent rivals. However, due to a shoulder injury sustained in training, the athlete had to postpone the fight with wrestler and showman Matt Lindland and to be eliminated from the meeting with the winner of the Extreme Challenge Tim Kennedy, which was to take place at the strikeforce 32 tournament.

It was only after an 18-month hiatus to recover that Luke was able to compete for the title and in September 2011, by unanimous decision, took the belt away from Brazilian Ronaldo Souza, the reigning king of the Strikeforce ring, and did not concede it in the fights Rockhold vs. Jardine and Rockhold vs. Kennedy.

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When Strikeforce closed, Rockhold was automatically transferred to the UFC. His debut in the new organization was the main event of the UFC on FX 8 evening. In the fight with the titled Vitor Belfort Luke suffered an offensive defeat, having received a knockout after a blow from a U-turn.

Rockhold's fight with Costas Philippe took place at UFC Fight Night 35 in 2014. After a convincing victory, the American received a cash prize of $50,000. and the Best Knockout of the Night award.

After that, in the main fight of the next UFC-evening Rockhold clashed with the Briton Michael Bisping and received the prize for outstanding performance, having conducted a series of blows to the head, and then using a suffocating technique.

A year later, Luke fought another former mixed martial arts champion, light heavyweight Lioto Machida. The American was again recognized as the best in the "Performance of the Evening" category, and he was given the right to meet with the current UFC belt holder.

Carefully prepared for the upcoming fight with Chris Weidman, successfully performed in different categories, Rockhold at first could not do anything with the opponent, but, having gathered, managed to knock him to the ground and awarded the most powerful blows of hands and feet. The victory, awarded to the challenger by TKO, gave the American the UFC gold belt in the middleweight title, but in June 2016 he lost it to Michael Bisping.

In 2018, the defeated Luke had to settle for the battle for the title of interim champion, but he lost by knockout to Joel Romero, a former olympic silver medalist in freestyle wrestling competitions.

Watching the development of Rockhold's sports career, journalists paid almost no attention to his personal life. But in the mid-2010s, a photo of the fighter in the company of the long-haired beauty got on Instagram of the American edition of TM'.

Demi Lovato with her new rumored boyfriend, Luke Rockhold.

By this time, Luke officially admitted that for several months his girlfriend is actress and singer Demi Lovato. No one knows how serious this relationship was, but after Luke became a model and signed with Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, the couple broke up.

However, the former UFC middleweight champion was briefly alone and, according to unverified rumors, in 2018 began to meet with a partner on the set - model Romy Strizhd.

In early 2019, Rockhold announced that he plans to compete in the heavyweight division and participate in the battle with Jan Blachovich, a multiple UFC bout winner.

Now all fans of mixed martial arts are reviewing the video of the fight, held on the night of July 6 to 7 in Las Vegas, where Luke from the first minutes could not cope with the pressure of the Pole and lost the fight by knockout, recorded by the judges after 7.5 minutes.

2011 - Strikeforce Middleweight Champion

2012 - Strikeforce Middleweight Champion (twice defended the title)

2014 - Best Knockout of the Night "UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Philippou"

2014 - "UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping"

2015 - "UFC on Fox: Machida vs. Rockhold"

2015 - UFC Middleweight Champion

2015 - Best fight of the evening "UFC 194"

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Luke Rockhold Net Worth 2021

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Luke Rockhold Net Worth 2019

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Luke Rockhold Net Worth 2018

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