{"id":90638,"date":"2025-08-25T01:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T01:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/90638\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T01:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T01:32:07","slug":"luke-rockhold-explains-why-he-isnt-interested-in-mma-return-prior-to-boxing-match-against-darren-till","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/90638\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Rockhold explains why he isn’t interested in MMA return prior to boxing match against Darren Till"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke Rockhold isn\u2019t thinking about a return to MMA competition, but could that change?<\/p>\n

\"Luke<\/p>\n

Rockhold has had some ventures in combat sports post-UFC. He\u2019s dabbled into the world of bare-knuckle boxing<\/a> and Karate Combat with mixed success. Now, he will enter the boxing ring to take on a fellow ex-UFC star in Darren Till<\/a> for Misfits Boxing 22.<\/p>\n

Damon Martin of MMAFighting.com<\/a> spoke to Rockhold ahead of his journey into the sweet science. The former UFC Middleweight Champion explained why a return to MMA isn\u2019t on his radar, but he didn\u2019t shut the door entirely.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have to do anything,\u201d Rockhold told MMA Fighting. \u201cI do well. I\u2019ve got a lot of good investments, I\u2019ve got some money. I\u2019m not rich by any means so it\u2019s get rich or die trying. That\u2019s what life is. That\u2019s what the game is. But I love fighting. We all know what\u2019s on the table. Beat a guy like Darren, you put yourself in the running for the big fights. There\u2019s big, big, fights right here.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo pass up those big fights [after] winning this, why the f*ck would I go back to MMA? There would have to be a big opportunity and a big reason. There would have to be title implications and there would have to be big money.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the age of 40, Rockhold is looking to cash out on big paydays if he\u2019s expected to continue fighting. It explains why he\u2019s taken on more of a freelancer role these days instead of sticking to one promotion. If Rockhold is able to find success against Till on Aug. 30, it could lead to more opportunities in the world of boxing. Of course, Karate Combat could also give him a call to return given his successful promotional debut against Joe Schilling last year.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see if Rockhold\u2019s latest venture earns him more of the bouts he\u2019s looking for in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luke Rockhold isn\u2019t thinking about a return to MMA competition, but could that change? Rockhold has had some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-90638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}