{"id":600755,"date":"2023-01-24T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/24\/rockhold-now-a-free-agent-plans-to-unretire-and-f-k-some-people-up\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T15:30:00","slug":"rockhold-now-a-free-agent-plans-to-unretire-and-f-k-some-people-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/24\/rockhold-now-a-free-agent-plans-to-unretire-and-f-k-some-people-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockhold now a free agent, plans to unretire and \u2018f\u2014k some people up\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"eo2DE0\">Luke Rockhold\u2019s plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2023\/1\/2\/23535019\/2023-could-get-interesting-former-ufc-champ-luke-rockhold-teases-mma-return-news\">come out of retirement<\/a> in 2023 seems to be taking shape. In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2023\/1\/23\/23568198\/ex-ufc-champ-luke-rockhold-announces-free-agency-i-want-to-go-and-f-some-people-up\">appearance on Monday\u2019s episode of <em>the MMA Hour<\/em><\/a>, the former middleweight champion announced his release from the UFC, four months after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2022\/8\/21\/23314875\/former-champion-luke-rockhold-announces-retirement-after-ufc-278-mma-news\">announcing his retirement<\/a> from the sport.  <\/p>\n<p id=\"Y9ClHF\">\u201cYour man\u2019s a free agent,\u201d said Rockhold, who also revealed having a \u201ccouple of fights\u201d left in his contract. \u201cFree and clear, and I\u2019m ready and re-inspired to go out there and do something new.<\/p>\n<p id=\"v7Y0NC\">\u201cI\u2019ve paid my dues, and [UFC COO Hunter Campbell] granted me my wish.\u201d <\/p>\n<p id=\"DXbwzT\">The 38-year-old Rockhold decided to call it quits after his UFC 278 loss to Paulo Costa. He\u2019s now looking towards other challenges outside of the UFC. <\/p>\n<p id=\"6SXFHL\">\u201cThat door is always open, but I want to go and f\u2013k some people up. If you want bullshit, we can go box, beat up these YouTubers, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"wSrzJs\">\u201cI feel like I\u2019m just getting better. I feel like I\u2019m finding my tempo, and it feels good. &#8230; I\u2019ve got mountains to climb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"iYzA2C\">Rockhold\u2019s MMA record stands at 16-6. He\u2019s currently on a three-fight skid. <\/p>\n<hr id=\"e1lOgw\">\n<p id=\"lJa3m9\"><small><strong>About the author<\/strong><\/small><small><em>: Milan Ordo\u00f1ez has been covering combat sports since 2012 and has been part of the Bloody Elbow staff since 2016. He\u2019s also competed in amateur mixed martial arts and submission grappling tournaments. (<\/em><\/small><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/authors\/milan-ordonez?_ga=2.107901186.1092368889.1673953521-115480855.1672984849\"><small><em>full bio<\/em><\/small><\/a><small><em>)<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2023\/1\/24\/23568601\/luke-rockhold-confirms-ufc-release-plans-to-unretire-and-f-k-some-people-up-mma-news\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Milan Ordo\u00f1ez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Rockhold\u2019s plan to come out of retirement in 2023 seems to be taking shape. In his appearance on Monday\u2019s episode of the MMA Hour, the former middleweight champion announced his release from the UFC, four months after announcing his retirement from the sport. \u201cYour man\u2019s a free agent,\u201d said Rockhold, who also revealed having [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":600756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3629,534,94018],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-600755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-agent","8":"category-financial","9":"category-rockhold"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}