“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.”

American former mixed martial artist

Luke Skyler Rockhold is an American former mixed martial artist from the modern era of combat sports. He is known for competing in major promotions and for holding the UFC Middleweight Championship. Rockhold also fought in Strikeforce, where he became the final Strikeforce Middleweight Champion before that promotion merged with the UFC. He later signed with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship and Karate Combat, extending a career associated with middleweight competition at the highest level.