Luke Rockhold: I am going to break [Weidman]
Chris Weidman is a guy that has never been beaten in the UFC, or even in his professional career, but Luke Rockhold is confident he can be the first man to ‘break’ the champion.
Luke Rockhold will next face off against Chris Weidman for the UFC middleweight title. Weidman is a guy that has never been beaten in the UFC, or even in his professional career, but Rockhold is confident he can be the first man to ‘break’ the champion:
“I think this fight, ultimately, ends up on the feet and Weidman doesn’t go the distance with me. He’s not going to be able to keep my pace for 25 minutes. I think we’ve all seen him fade a bit in the fourth and the fifth. He stays strong. He’s such a tough guy, he hangs in there. But, I’m going to keep a pace and pressure that he’s never been used to. He’s fighting guys who are running away from him. I’m not going anywhere. I’ll be in his face, I’ll be wrestling with him, I’ll be making him work the whole 25 minutes, if need be, but I really don’t see it going that far. Everyone has a breaking point.
“It’s just who’s threshold is higher? How hard do you push yourself in camp? And there’s not one man in the world who pushes himself harder than me and who can break me. I know I’ll get to Weidman. I will break him. I believe I’m too technical on the ground, I have too much finesse on the feet. I have too many weapons.”