CINCINNATI – Prior to claiming the Strikeforce middleweight title, Luke Rockhold made a bold prediction.
A few days after Brazilian fighters swept their American counterparts at UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro, Rockhold told MMAjunkie.com he expected revenge.
In fact, he promised he and his American Kickboxing Academy teammates would sweep their Brazilian opponents at Saturday’s “Strikeforce World Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov” event. Following an AKA clean sweep, no one’s doubting him now.