{"id":3169,"date":"2014-08-12T00:53:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T14:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.submissionradio.com\/?p=3169"},"modified":"2015-08-02T03:19:05","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T17:19:05","slug":"luke-rockhold-on-chicken-neck-vitor-dcjones-espn-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.submissionradio.com\/luke-rockhold-on-chicken-neck-vitor-dcjones-espn-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Rockhold responds to “Chicken Neck” Vitor’s “Playboy” comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nL<\/span>uke Rockhold seems to have a finger in every pie in the Middleweight Division.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\nThe AKA staple mate makes his first appearance to talk about his beefs with Michael Bisping, Vitor Belfort, Wanderlei Silva, and a possible fight against his most polite challenger, Lyoto Machida. Luke shares his thoughts on Michael Bisping’s return to form post eye surgery, and why he thinks Vitor Belfort will not have the same success when he returns against Chris Weidman at UFC 181. The San Jose surfer also weighs in on training partner Daniel Cormier’s big fight against Jon Jones, the media brawl, the “hot mic” incident on ESPN, and how he’s helping DC prepare to defeat “Bones” and become the new Light Heavyweight Champion of the world. Rockhold also talks about his own chances in the Light Heavyweight Division, his thoughts on Jon Jones, a potential fight between the two, and of course surfing down under in Australia.\n<\/p>\n

\nInterview highlights below<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\nOn the status of his broken toe<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cToe healed, I\u2019m back on the program. I\u2019m working out a couple of the kinks, but I feel good man. I\u2019ve been hard sparring for a few weeks now and I\u2019m gonna get back at this next week and hopefully find something, get something going.\u201d
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On timing being perfect for Luke to return to training in time to help Cormier prepare for Jones<\/strong>
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\n\u201cYeah you know, that’s why I\u2019m hoping to get a fight ’cause I\u2019m gonna have to pretty much put in a training camp myself helping him. You know, I\u2019m pretty the much the most like Jon Jones he’s gonna find. So we\u2019re gonna be putting some hard rounds in together like we always do, and I\u2019m not gonna take it easy on him that\u2019s for sure.\u201d
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\u201cfighting this is our job, this is what people pay to see and shit talk and all that commotion, you know before fights, that just sells it even harder”<\/div><\/em>\n<\/p>\n