the american Luke Rockhold surprised the Brazilian Ronaldo Jacare in September and won the Strikeforce light heavyweight belt. Now, the new champion already has a date and opponent defined to defend his reign in the organization's middleweight category.
Rockhold faces compatriot Keith Jardine, a UFC veteran who recently moved down to the middleweight division. The fight will be the main attraction of Strikeforce, which takes place on January 7th, in Las Vegas, in the United States.
Jardine, who has a professional record of 17 wins, nine losses and two draws since leaving the UFC in 2010, managed to recover from a streak of five consecutive losses. From then on, Keith had three fights and achieved two wins and a draw.
In turn, Rockhold has a record of eight wins and one loss, in his last appearance he had a very balanced fight against the Brazilian Ronaldo Jacare and ended up taking the decision with two judges after five rounds.
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