The former UFC light heavyweight title challenger — and current No. 1 contender — challenged the former middleweight champion to a fight in an Instagram post Tuesday.
In Gustafsson’s ideal world, the Swede would be facing 205-pound champ Daniel Cormier in a rematch next, but “DC” is booked to challenge Stipe Miocic for the heavyweight title at UFC 226 in July. The next best option, Gustafsson wrote, is welcoming Rockhold, a teammate of Cormier, to the division.
“Luke Rockhold, your teammate is holding MY division hostage, and you think there are only easy fights at light heavyweight,” Gustafsson wrote in the post.