Rockhold who lost 3 of his last 4 fights admitted that he has temporarily lost the love for the sport and was caught up with the celebrity lifestyle -- partying and heavy drinking.
He also alleged that the UFC sacrificed him to fight "TRT Vitor"because he refused to agree on contract demands. It was during that time when many believed Belfort was using PEDs before there was a more stringent drug testing in the UFC.
“It’s negotiations, it’s worth. They play a very hardball game. You know that. You know how it works. They have their negotiation tactics and cornering you and belittling you and sidestepping your managers. Then they play hardball with your managers, too. You have to put your ass on the line.
“Making me fight Vitor Belfort on steroids when they’re protecting him in Brazil is … If you don’t sign a new contract when you come to the last fight of your contract, if you don’t sign then so they could lock you into a smaller contract, they’re going to f—- you and put you in the hardest place possible to make you fight against someone who is probably on steroids.”
That is why he is so determined to redeem him himself at UFC 278 against the perennial striker Paulo Costa
“I’m a better fighter everywhere,” he said. “I think Paulo Costa is very one-dimensional. He’s very driven off of emotion. If you challenge him and show him who the bigger man is, and he knows the threat, he’ll question himself.
“If you make him question himself, he’ll hesitate and if you stand your ground against that guy and show him what’s up, he’s going to hesitate. And hesitation is the weakness and the downfall of every non-champion. He who hesitates is lost.”
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