Sharing with international media, the former UFC champion Luke Rockhor confirmed the information he took the initiative to leave UFC. Rockhold actively asked to release the contract to the UFC leadership, and they were not interested in keeping him. Rockhor's proposal is quickly adopted by UFC in a short time.
“I should have had more matches over the past 5 years, but UFC did not give me that chance,” Rockhor said. The former UFC champion is looking for opportunities to play in other martial arts tournaments, although he is no longer at the peak. The reputation of a former Middleweight champion is all he still owns.
At the age of 39, Luke Rockhor owns 22 professional MMA matches with 16 victories and 6 defeats. You have 6 wins and 8 submission victories. In the opposite direction, Rockhor lost 5/6 matches. Since winning the UFC championship in December 2015 against Chris Weidman, Rockhor lost 4/5 matches later.
Over the past 7 years, Rockhor has only played 5 more matches. UFC 278 is also the first event for the former champion to enter the octagon cage after 3 years of absence. However, his failure did not stop when Rockhor lost to Paulo Costa. Earlier he received defeat against Michael Bisping, Yoel Romero and Jan Blachowicz.
Rockhor's out of time is so fast seems to be part of the reason why UFC does not want to keep him anymore. Farewell UFC, Rockhor can choose many different stops. He once shared his intention to encroach into a professional boxing floor, but that possibility was not easy to happen to his age.