A biography for Luke Rockholdhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm not one to turn down opportunities.”
“I don't like talking about cheaters.”
“Men back up their words. Little boys run away.”
“I'm very confident on my feet.”
“I always knew what I could do in there and believed that I would win the world title. But when it actually happens, when your dreams all come true, it is the culmination of a life's work. The feeling you get, I don't have words for it. I don't know how to describe it.”
“I defended my Strikeforce belt twice, and you didn't see me lose any of my intensity, drive, or motivation. That's just the way I am. I will always be hungry.”
“Maybe people overlook me because of the way I talk or the way I look. I don't know.”
“Naturally, when you're a younger brother with two older brothers, I mean, they're going to beat on you, and they're going to make you... you're going to grow up differently. You're going to turn into a little animal.”
“I just don't see how it is possible to be a vegetarian or vegan when you break your body down so much. You have to recover. You need those proteins and proper amino acids, like leucine, which only really comes from animal fats.”
“I like fighting clean. I've always fought clean, and I want to fight clean people. I want to fight fair.”
“I'm a betting man. I like to gamble everywhere, everything I do.”
“Being patient has made me a more precise fighter.”
“I'm going to shut Chris Weidman down in the first round. I'm gonna expose him in the second round. And I'm gonna finish him with a left kick followed by a left punch, simultaneously.”
“I start kind of stiff, and then I understand the movement, the distance, and then I can start loosening up. That's how fighting should be. That's how I try to keep my mind.”
“I get more relaxed. I get looser. I get more technical, I get faster, and you get to see way more of my game in the later rounds. In sparring, a lot of my best rounds are my third and my fourth. My fifth rounds are sometimes my best of all.”
“I've taken my beatings and learned how to get around and succeed against the big guys.”
“I want to be great, not good.”
“We've seen the true colours of Bisping; they come out after he fights. He likes to spit on people after fights.”
“I think me and Werdum got some old beef from Strikeforce. He's a guy I've always wanted to fight. I've thought it through, and I like the style matchup.”
“If there's a skateboard in front of me, I can't help myself. I like to jump on.”