It looks like Luke Rockhold is set to put his grappling to the test in Europe’s biggest BJJ promotion.
Over the past few weeks, there have been rumors circulating that Rockhold has been eager to transition to the grappling world. He was very nearly was a late entrant in ADCC, but he wasn’t medically cleared. Now the switch is closer to reality.
As sources have confirmed to Bloody Elbow, Luke Rockhold will finally make his move to grappling and is targeted to face ADCC silver medalist Nick Rodriguez in the main event of Polaris 12.
Rockhold’s grappling has been lauded by the biggest names in BJJ, with one of the greatest of all-time, Marcu Buchecha Almeida even admitting that the Californian has tapped him out in training.