Luke Rockhold
Luke Rockhold did what no other fighter has done. Yes, other fighters have beat Lyoto Machida by physically chocking or knocking him unconscious, but nobody had broken him mentally. Machida gave up his back, plain and simple. Fighters will struggle with submissions and tap at the last second possible. Machida taped at his first opportunity. Luke out struck Machida leaving him still recovering at the start of the second round. It wasn’t even a punch that knocked him down in the second round. It was a push/slip that caused the fall. The fact that a fighter who has some of the best footwork in the game lost his footing speaks volumes. Once on the ground it was complete and systematic destruction by Rockhold. A solid steady stream of ground and pound until Lyoto had enough, turned over and welcomed the inevitable outcome. It was quite the statement to make to the champ especially the East vs West post fight call out.
