Luke Rockhold Discusses BKFC 41 Loss
Luke Rockhold took to his Instagram account to talk on his loss in opposition to “Platinum” Mike Perry. He congratulated his opponent and admitted that his days of naked knuckle combating are possible over (h/t MMAFighting.com).
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“Properly, f***. What can I say? You possibly can verify naked knuckle off the record. It’s some loopy shit. These little knuckles obtained me, sq. on the entrance two [teeth]. Possibly a beard, possibly a greater mouthpiece. It’s an excellent combat. It’s a disgrace it needed to finish that manner. Motherf***** Mike, you robust bastard. Congrats. Because of my sponsors. Thank the individuals.
“I’m not accomplished. Some gloves can be good, although.”
Rockhold had retired from professional MMA competitors, however quickly made his intentions of returning to fight sports activities clear. His first cease on that journey was in opposition to Perry and it didn’t finish properly for him. The previous UFC middleweight champion hasn’t had a win in fight sports activities since September 2017. That was in opposition to David Department, who hasn’t had a combat since 2019.
Regardless of this, Rockhold made it clear that he plans to proceed combating. As he alluded to in his assertion, Rockhold talked about that he prefers to combat with gloves in his subsequent bout. Whether or not meaning a return combat in MMA or even perhaps a boxing match stays to be seen.
Time will inform if issues will flip round for the 38-year-old.