Brad Tate has been working as a cutman within the UFC for so long as followers can keep in mind. He might be noticed in most occasions inspecting fighters earlier than they enter the Octagon and dealing on cuts and different accidents between rounds.
Regardless of not being a fighter, Tate has steadily develop into widespread in MMA circles as some of the constant members of the UFC crew like Bruce Buffer. He’s unsurprisingly developed nice relationships with a number of UFC fighters, together with Charles Oliveira, Daniel Cormier, Gilbert Burns, Jamahal Hill, and plenty of extra.
Tate has been coping with combined martial artists for nearly a decade, and he’s now revealed a former UFC middleweight champion to be the hardest fighter to work with…
Cutman Tate Jokingly Claims No One Likes Luke Rockhold Besides Daniel Cormier
Tate appeared on the Consider You Me podcast hosted by Michael Bisping just lately. Instantly, “The Depend” requested the cutman for some gossip as he’s had numerous interactions with the UFC roster.
To Bisping’s happiness, Tate referred to as Luke Rockhold one of many worst fighters he’s needed to work with within the UFC. In 2016 at UFC 199, Bisping knocked out Rockhold to win the UFC middleweight championship in what stays one of many largest upsets within the sport thus far.
With out going into a lot element, Tate acknowledged that Rockhold triggered issues persistently. The cutman appreciated that Bisping took away the UFC middleweight championship from him which is sufficient to decide how a lot he dislikes Rockhold.
“I provides you with the one individual as a result of he’s not within the UFC anymore and also you fought him. F*****g Luke Rockhold was a ache in a**. Like, bro, hearken to me, I do know he was a very good fighter. I don’t assume anyone besides DC like Luke Rockhold.”
Tate isn’t a fan of Rockhold calling out UFC fighters like Sean Strickland both, now that he’s left the promotion. He additionally added that criticism relating to his demeanor fueled the previous UFC middleweight champion to behave in the identical method as a substitute of mending his methods.
“I see him now, and like, he was speaking sh*t about Sean Strickland. And I’m like, no one cares bro. Like this entire, Dana name me I’ll go in there and deal with this for you. It’s like, dude, he was an issue like and he was simply, dude, him dropping the belt was like the very best factor for him however like I stated. I imply he’s not within the UFC anymore however he was the one man that simply, oh my god, even to only be round him, you’ll simply be like, bro, why are you such a d**okay? And truthfully, you could possibly inform him that he was a d**okay and it simply, I feel that fueled him much more and made him much more like, yeah, let me be that method.”
The UFC cutman claims to have not often had unhealthy experiences with fighters which is why it’s stunning how a lot he despises the time spent with Rockhold. Fortunately, for him, it’s unlikely that the middleweight will ever return to the promotion following his loss to Paulo Costa at UFC 278.
