Lets see him move up and fight Jones (if he is the 205 champ at the time)
If Conor can move up and face the champ I dont see why others dont... Its a big payday even for a guy who isnt as big a name as Conor and I dont think thing Champ vs Champ thing has been utilised enough. This would be a good sell as it would be like AKA's revenge on Jones for beating their captain's twice.
Add to that I like the matchup... Jones would be favourite but Luke is a sneaky good grappler and if that fight went to the mat and Rockhhold ended up on top I could genuinely see him causing Jones BIG problems... Luke's top game is nasty.
Any takers on this thought?
Jones would hurt Rockhold. Rockhold will make good money as champ @ 185. No need for him to ruin that by going to 205.
No
Defend the middleweight belt more
What the hell is with fans trying to decide when fighters are going to move up weight classes, lol? If Rockhold wins its time to go on a run at MW being the undisputed king.
Romero's out for roiding, Machida is looking rough and already got wrecked, Mousasi is looking very iffy, Uriah Hall is not ready.
Jacare is really the only exciting matchup at 185 for Rockhold right now.
I'd be fine seeing a big 6'3" shredded dude fight at 205.
Doubtful. There is a reason uber dominant champs in the past didn't move up to face an equally dominant champ in higher weight class.
Which makes what Conor is doing pretty nuts.
Silva wanted no part of Jones
GSP wanted no part of Silva.
Luke wants no part of Jones
Robbie wants no part of Luke
Theres weight classes for a reason, Conor just hasn't gotten memo or maybe the 10 lb difference vs 15 lb difference of the weight classes above makes it more within reason
Is rather see Luke vs fabricio
Romero*
Souza
Belfort rematch, Luke wants it
Winner of Silva/Bisping
Maybe then think about fighting 205
Hunter V - What the hell is with fans trying to decide when fighters are going to move up weight classes, lol? If Rockhold wins its time to go on a run at MW being the undisputed king.He will never be the king when old lion Vitor put him out.

Aleck911 - NoWhy? Against who? Romero was honestly the only real compelling challenger. I would rather see a super fight against jones.
Defend the middleweight belt more
Jacare will have nothing for Luke

People seriously underrating Luke here...
Bisping decisioned my SN -Hunter V - What the hell is with fans trying to decide when fighters are going to move up weight classes, lol? If Rockhold wins its time to go on a run at MW being the undisputed king.He will never be the king when old lion Vitor put him out.
He holds the throne, so actually yes he is king.
Aleck911 - NoThis
Defend the middleweight belt more

Bisping decisioned my SN -He hasn't even defended it once yetAleck911 - NoWhy? Against who? Romero was honestly the only real compelling challenger. I would rather see a super fight against jones.
Defend the middleweight belt more
Jacare will have nothing for Luke
Winner of Bisping/Silva
Jacare
Fucking anyone but not a "superfight" with Jones

Hunter V -He will never be undisputed. That Vitor KO will always haunt himBisping decisioned my SN -Hunter V - What the hell is with fans trying to decide when fighters are going to move up weight classes, lol? If Rockhold wins its time to go on a run at MW being the undisputed king.He will never be the king when old lion Vitor put him out.
He holds the throne, so actually yes he is king.

Aleck911 -If he gets past Weidman and beats Jacare there will be nothing left for him really. Unless he just wants to pad his record and see how many consecutive title defenses he can get.Bisping decisioned my SN -He hasn't even defended it once yetAleck911 - NoWhy? Against who? Romero was honestly the only real compelling challenger. I would rather see a super fight against jones.
Defend the middleweight belt more
Jacare will have nothing for Luke
Winner of Bisping/Silva
Jacare
Fucking anyone but not a "superfight" with Jones

orcus - Romero's out for roiding, Machida is looking rough and already got wrecked, Mousasi is looking very iffy, Uriah Hall is not ready.Agreed. I will go a step further and say that Weidman should go up and face Jones if he loses again. However, I think he will beat Rockhold this time around. He was actually on his way to doing that in the last match but made a tactical error due to exhaustion. It happens.
Jacare is really the only exciting matchup at 185 for Rockhold right now.
I'd be fine seeing a big 6'3" shredded dude fight at 205.

Billyz - Doubtful. There is a reason uber dominant champs in the past didn't move up to face an equally dominant champ in higher weight class.
Which makes what Conor is doing pretty nuts.
Silva wanted no part of Jones
GSP wanted no part of Silva.
Luke wants no part of Jones
Robbie wants no part of Luke
Theres weight classes for a reason, Conor just hasn't gotten memo or maybe the 10 lb difference vs 15 lb difference of the weight classes above makes it more within reason
Anderson went to 205 and wrecked Forest who was one fight out from having been the champ, and who was a much larger fighter. Say they had scheduled Anderson instead of Rashad one fight sooner, and Andy would have been a 2 division champ.
What are you trying to do to poor DC?!?!?
The guy who moves down from HW to win a title now needs his little brother from his team to beat up the big bad bully for him?
Poor Cormier.