{"id":407431,"date":"2026-01-12T02:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/407431\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T02:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:51:13","slug":"luke-rockhold-reacts-after-one-sided-loss-to-colby-covington-at-raf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/407431\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Rockhold reacts after one-sided loss to Colby Covington at RAF"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight champion Luke Rockhold suffered a one-sided defeat at the hands of Colby Covington in the main event of RAF 05 last night (Sat., Jan. 10, 2026), getting completely shut out and eventually tech-falled 10-0 inside Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida (watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Despite the dominance shown by Covington from start to finish, Rockhold offered little in the way of explanation or reflection afterward. Instead, the former UFC titleholder issued a brief, almost tongue-in-cheek response on Instagram in the comment section<\/a> of RAF\u2019s post highlighting the loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cHappy to help the sport,\u201d Rockhold wrote.<\/p>\n

It has been a frustrating stretch for Rockhold in the post-UFC phase of his combat sports career. Since stepping away from MMA, the former champion has struggled to find success across multiple disciplines.<\/p>\n

Outside of a highlight-reel knockout of Joe Schilling at Karate Combat 43 (watch highlights<\/a>), Rockhold has come up short in nearly every competitive venture he\u2019s pursued. That includes a bare-knuckle boxing loss to Mike Perry (watch highlights<\/a>), a high-profile grappling defeat to Pat Downey at CJI 1, a knockout loss to Darren Till in boxing (watch it<\/a>), and now a decisive wrestling loss to Covington.<\/p>\n

Whether Rockhold continues bouncing between combat sports remains to be seen \u2014 but at this point, nothing would be surprising. Then again, maybe Power Slap is next.<\/p>\n