Of the five Strikeforce middleweights coming over to the UFC after Zuffa’s January dissolution of the brand, champion Luke Rockhold is the man with the biggest price tag on his head.
He carries the gold from the rival promotion, and the UFC is keen to test him against its own finest talent—talent such as Vitor Belfort.
Belfort has become one of the toughest middleweights in MMA since making his 185-pound debut in 2008. He’s won every one of his matches at that weight except the anomaly against Anderson Silva—never leaving the second round with any one of those opponents.
That makes a compelling reason to pit the two men against each other, and the UFC is already working to make that fight happen later this year.
Here’s how the pair breaks down head-to-toe.