Not even in his wildest dreams could Luke Rockhold have imagined it going quite this well.
The former Strikeforce champion ran through Lyoto Machida with stunning ease in the UFC on Fox 15 “Rockhold vs. Machida” main event on Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., as he submitted “The Dragon” with a second-round rear-naked choke and planted his flag near the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight division. Rockhold finished it 2:31 into round two, becoming just the second man -- reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is the other -- to submit the Brazilian karateka.