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Luke Rockhold open to taking light-heavyweight belt after beating Chris Weidman

Surging middleweight contender Luke Rockhold wants to claim the light-heavyweight title after taking care of business at middleweight.

You can't fault Luke Rockhold's ambition. At 30-years-old and hitting his athletic prime, the budding UFC star is on a quest for seizing not one - but two championship titles. The #1 ranked middleweight contender expressed his ambitious championship desires on Jon Anik and Kenny Florian's podcast:

"If I'm going to 205, it's going to be nothing except to challenge for the title," Rockhold said. "I'm not going up for any fights in between. I would definitely be.