Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold has signed a deal with Karate Combat, he announced Wednesday.
Rockhold is scheduled to make his debut against MMA and kickboxing veteran Joe Schilling on April 20 in Dubai.
The 39-year-old will join the likes of Anthony Pettis and Benson Henderson as former UFC champs who’ve competed under the Karate Combat banner. Pettis defeated Henderson in one of the most anticipated bouts in Karate Combat history last December.
Rockhold hasn’t been victorious in any combat sport since beating David Branch in the UFC in 2017.
Rockhold held the promotion’s middleweight belt from 2015-16 and was one of the top 185-pound fighters of his generation.
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