Luke Rockhold is fighting soon. The former middleweight champion is set to face Jacare Souza in a rematch of their classic Strikeforce battle, this November in Melbourne, Australia.
That wouldn’t normally be particularly surprising news, after all fighters fight, it’s the nature of the job. But, the speed with which this particular booking got made is pretty alarming, considering Rockhold’s recent unhappiness with his UFC contract. Little more than a week ago Rockhold took his complaints to Snapchat, and then more broadly to the MMA Hour, saying that the money in his current UFC deal was “bullshit,” and that he was prepared to “take some time off.