The former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold expressed his rage towards Alex Pereira. Rockhold bid his adieu to UFC a year ago.
The topic of Alex Pereira was brought up to Rockhold while he was busy shooting content for KC40. Luke is serving as the guest Sensai at Karate Combat 40 (KC40). The Former UFC fighter is also set to make his debut as a play-by-play commentator. Hence, while shooting for KC40, someone mentioned Pereira. and Luke thrashed him.
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“Pereira, it’s like any day with Pereira. Give me 10 seconds on the ground. I’ll f*cking kill that mother*uker,”
On the other hand, Alex Pereira holds commendable records as well. Pereira has hosted his UFC middleweight title.
On the other hand, Luke Rockhold has a record of losing his last four consecutive fights. Still, Luke likes to include his name in the top-tier UFC fighters, by challenging to finish Perira in just 10 seconds.
Luke Rockhold ends his retirement by returning to BKFC
Luke Rockhold, the once middleweight champion of UFC, left the promotion, and the world of MMA in 2022. After losing against Paulo Costa via unanimous decision, Rockhold announced his retirement from UFC.
Rockhold lost 3 of his previous bouts as well. And subsequently, ended his contract with UFC in 2023. Till then, he had maintained a scorecard of 16-6, three of which he lost were his latest ones.
After UFC, Rockhold joined hands with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, another MMA promotion. The president of BKFC
He competed there with Mike Perry, who came in with experience from two previous bare-knuckle fights and competed bravely against Rockhold. It was the debut match for Rockhold in BKFC 41.
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The fight was the main event at BKFC 41 in Broomfield, Colo. Even though both fighters put up an equally challenging fight, with each party delivering heavy punches. The results came out to be in favor of Perry.
Mike won by dominating him in the second round via Technical Knockout. Ironically, it was Rockhold who delivered the first big punch in the first round.
Feldman explained why Rockhold couldn’t continue the fight during the post-fight interview of BKFC 41. “Luke Rockhold, some of his teeth got cracked. So that’s why he wasn’t able to continue. His teeth got messed up pretty good. What a great start to that fight. Great fight.”
Following his win, Perry even challenged Conor McGregor to face him in the ring for a fight.
