Luke Rockhold | |
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Born | Luke Skyler Rockhold October 17, 1984 Santa Cruz, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
Division | Middleweight (2007–2018, 2022) Light Heavyweight (2019) |
Reach | 77 in (196 cm)[1] |
Style | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
Stance | Southpaw |
Fighting out of | San Jose, California, U.S. |
Team | American Kickboxing Academy RVCA Training Center Sanford MMA |
Trainer | Javier Mendez Henri Hooft Jason Parillo |
Rank | 1st degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu[2] under Leandro Vieira[3] and Dave Camarillo[citation needed] |
Years active | 2007–present |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 22 |
Wins | 16 |
By knockout | 6 |
By submission | 8 |
By decision | 2 |
Losses | 6 |
By knockout | 5 |
By decision | 1 |
Website | lukerockhold |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Medal record | ||
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Representing United States | ||
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | ||
World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championship | ||
2007 Long Beach | -91.5kg | |
World Jiu-Jitsu Championship | ||
2007 Long Beach | -94.3kg | |
Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championship | ||
2006 Long Beach | -88.3kg |
Luke Skyler Rockhold[4] (born October 17, 1984) is an American retired mixed martial artist who is currently signed with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship and Karate Combat. He formerly competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Middleweight Champion. Rockhold has also competed for Strikeforce, where he was the final Strikeforce Middleweight Champion before the promotion merged with the UFC.