Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will be facing the 2019 ADCC silver medalist Nick Rodriguez in a grappling superfight at the upcoming Polaris on Nov. 30 event in Newport, Wales. You can book tickets here.
Rockhold is a bjj black belt and a former blue belt world champion in the Gi and is a No Gi purple belt world champion. He regularly trains with BJJ world champion Buchecha.
You can see the footage of their training sessions here:
Luke Rockhold Training with Buchecha For Upcoming Nicky Rodriguez Polaris Match
BJJ pros Zach Maslany, Eli Knight, Lucas Rocha, Dante Leon, Riccardo Ammendolia, Robert Drysdale, Tex Johnson, and Alec Baulding all discussed the hyped up match and gave their picks to BJJ World:
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