With the conclusion of the grudge match between UFC middleweights Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping , it was time to pull back the curtain and get real. Like so many grudge matches, most of the words between the fighters was for show. All of Rockhold’s promises about a first-round finish of Bisping, for instance, weren’t really his priority going into the fight. “I do my homework, and I know Michael’s been in the business for a long time, and I’ve been watching him fight, so I knew how to approach it; I knew what he would bring, and I knew what I could do,” Rockhold (13-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) said following his second-round submission of Bisping (25-7 MMA, 15-7 UFC) in the headliner of UFC Fight Night 55 at Sydney’s Allphones Arena. The event streamed live on UFC Fight Pass. “I just wanted to take my time and not be overaggressive and try to finish in the first round, like I was talking about.
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