Lyoto Machida is fascinated by dealing with Luke Rockhold below Karate Fight guidelines, if the pay is correct.
The previous UFC gentle heavyweight champion responded to a callout from Rockhold, who knocked out Joe Schilling in the primary occasion of Karate Fight 45 this previous Saturday in Dubai.
“‘The Dragon’ is already respiration fireplace,” Machida mentioned on Instagram. “‘The Dragon’ is already respiration fireplace since they introduced this problem. Now, get to the fitting numbers, let’s get a date, and see once we’re having this canine struggle.”
Rockhold met Machida below the UFC banner in 2015, submitting the Brazilian to earn a title shot at middleweight king Chris Weidman. Machida hasn’t competed since finishing his Bellator take care of a loss to Fabian Edwards in 2022.
Rockhold final fought within the UFC in August 2022, shedding a choice to Paulo Costa, after which suffered a TKO defeat to Mike Perry below bare-knuckle boxing guidelines in 2023. The win over Shilling was his first since a second-round stoppage of David Department again in 2017.
“There’s just one man I wanna struggle on this pit, and that’s Lyoto Machida,” Rockhold mentioned in his post-fight interview in Dubai. “And also you’re fortunate as a result of they don’t enable elbows, so no extra f****** nightmares in regards to the elbows. Carry it. Let’s see what you bought, let’s see what your paychecks seem like. Carry out that checkbook. Lyoto, I do know you want a payday, motherf*****. Come get it.”
