Luke Rockhold, former UFC middleweight champion, won for the first time in a long time. Luke won by knockout over former Bellator fighter and Glory champion Joe Schilling. Their confrontation took place at one of Karate Combat's tournaments. After that win, Rockhold challenged Lyoto Machida.
"There's only one person I'd like to fight is Lyoto Machida. You're lucky elbow strikes aren't allowed here, so you don't have to worry about them. Go ahead. Let's see what you can do. Lyoto, I know you need the money, so come here and get it," - quotes the words of Rockhold portal MMAJunkie.
Recall, Rockhold knocked out Schilling at the beginning of the third round.
Jorge Guimaraes, manager of the renowned Brazilian mixed martial arts veteran Lyoto Machida, said that he is in talks with the UFC about the fight of his client with another legend from this country - Mauricio "Shogunom" Rua.
Bellator 228 in Inglewood gave MMA fans some interesting and unexpected results. So, AJ McKee needed just 8 seconds to defeat Georgi Karakhanyan.
On September 28 Inglewood will host Bellator 228 tournament. In the main fight of the evening Patricio Freire will meet Juan Archuleta. The bout will take place in the quarterfinal featherweight Grand Prix. In the co-main event in the rematch Gegard Mousasi will face Lyoto Machida. Broadcast of the tournament starts at 10 pm ET. Here's the links to broadcast:
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The former Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi will hold his next bout on September 28 in Los Angeles. Gegard will face the former UFC champion Lyoto Machida.