SAN JOSE, Calif. – Scott Coker made a play for his pal Luke Rockhold’s services once again, but for now the former champ has gone a different direction.
Coker had Rockhold as part of his middleweight roster in Strikeforce from 2008-2012, and the Bay Area native won the title in 2011. He defended it twice in 2012 before he went to the UFC after Strikeforce was dissolved.
Rockhold went on to win the UFC’s middleweight title, though he lost it in his first attempted defense. Rockhold stepped away from the sport for more than three years before he returned this past August at UFC 278, where he lost a Fight of the Night decision to Paulo Costa.
