Rockhold angling for Anderson Silva: I’ve ‘always’ wanted to fight him

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Luke Rockhold isn’t back in the training room yet, but the former middleweight champion is already looking for the fastest path to a title shot.

Rockhold, who lost the 185-pound belt to Michael Bisping at UFC 199, says he would like to rebound against Anderson Silva to prove his divisional worth.

“There’s a guy I’ve always wanted to fight and that’s Anderson Silva,” Rockhold said on ESPN’s Five Rounds podcast with Brett Okamoto (h/t Jed Meshew of MMA Fighting). “Anderson Silva is still in the division, he’s still obviously relevant. He had the controversial loss to Bisping, and I had my loss to Bisping. And obviously …

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