Less than half a month after his latest bout Luke Rockhold is now back in competition!
Rockhold, 38, will compete in a grappling bout against Craig Jones at Israel Fight Night on September 21st in Jerusalem, Israel. The promotion announced the bout via social media, Jones also confirmed it via his Instagram account.
“Never in the history of combat sports have two dime pieces of this caliber locked horns, Jones wrote on Instagram “I’ve often been told I need Jesus in my life, what an opportunity to hit Jerusalem in search of him.”
It will be the former UFC title holders first match since a TKO loss to Mike Perry in bare knuckle boxing in april this year.
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Luke Rockhold – Six straight losses across three different sports
As of now Rockhold is in a tough sot career wise, not having won in any combat sport since a TKO win over David Branch in September 2017. After that Rockhold was knocked out twice in a row, by Yoel Romero and Jan Blachowicz.
Rockhold then lost a grappling match to Nick Rodriguez in Polaris. In his final UFC fight Rockhold lost a decision to Paulo Costa, before then moving on to BKFC and losing to Perry.
Jones is a skilled grappler and two-time ADCC silver medalist. He is, however, perhaps best known to MMA fans as the grappling coach of UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski.
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