Upon first glance, Lorenz Larkin appears to have two unfinished first names combined to form one semi-finished full name. He's like MMA's version of Uwe Boll. Earlier today the news broke that Luke Rockhold had to pull out of his Strikeforce middleweight title fight against Lorenz Larkin due to a wrist injury. Of course, with all the recent injuries it makes it virtually impossible for Strikeforce to cull together enough talent to go out with a bang in the organization's final show.

Arnold DeWitt, Lorenz Larkin's manager, caught up with MMADiehard to essentially vent on Luke Rockhold dropping out of the card with just a few weeks left in 2012. Aside from stating it was incredibly 'unprofessional,' Arnold also stated that Rockhold just doesn't want to fight Larkin for fear of losing the Strikeforce middleweight belt.

“If you receive a bout agreement and can’t fight you should say something right away,” DeWitt said. “He’s putting a lot of pressure on matchmakers because they’re trying to put on this final card. What are you doing to Zuffa when you’re pulling out and they’re spending weeks on promoting the fight? Now they have to find a replacement fight and he needs to fight. When you think about it he hasn’t fought in six months. So it’s not only about fighting for a title but also from a financial stand point. It’s frustrating. You signed to fight; you signed a bout agreement so let’s fight.”

“For Luke, of course he wants to keep his title when he goes over to the UFC,” DeWitt said. “That’s going to be a bargaining chip when he restructures his contract for a UFC contract. I can see why this is a dangerous fight and obviously they don’t want to fight us.”

Here, let me break down those two long statements for DeWitt: 'We believe Rockhold is ducking Larkin.' On MiddleEasy, you get the abridged version of quotes for absolutely free.

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-2 # Terry Clark 2012-11-25 14:52

Isn't it MMA DieHardS....... ..

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+4 # El Duderino 2012-11-25 16:18

I think it's quite obvious that the MMA gods don't want this card to happen. They want Showtime to go ahead and end the relationship so the Strikeforce fighters can get immediately plugged into the UFC

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+1 # Rockhold ducked Lark 2012-11-25 16:48

Another champion ducking a midtier unworthy title challenger that they should finish with ease? Yawn.........

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-1 # Rockhold ducked Lark 2012-11-25 16:52

The only man allowed to duck a fight is GSP ducking silva.
Jose Aldo calling out Frankie the way he did to come down to his weight was BOSS
Ronda calling out cyborg to come down to her weight? BITCH

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0 # Nuked 2012-11-26 03:01

So Aldo (in a lower weight class) calls out Edgar and that's "BOSS".... but Rousey (also in a lower weight class) calls out Cyborg and she's a bitch?

Hopefully you'll smarten up before you leave your parents basement.

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+1 # Rockhold ducked Lark 2012-11-26 07:51

Ok mma noob. Aldo made his career and is champion at that weightclass.it' s Frankie's natural weight, it's the few big fights to make.

Ronda went down on the sole purpose of avoiding cyborg, then calls her out after she tested positive? Have no one else to fight, won't even do catch weight.

BOSS, demanding to fight someone not smaller than you
BITCH avoiding a fight at all cost, WHILE talking shit when there's no one to fight.

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+12 # #2003Mirko 2012-11-25 16:50

WOW!!! Luke Rockhold is showing his true colors. I am 100% convinced Luke doesn't want to risk losing a fight when he knows the UFC will acquire most them. I can understand this from a business point of view but come on what happened to the MMA I fell in love with..What happened to fighting anyone anytime..Fuck I miss PRIDE..They don't make them like Wanderlei or Sakuraba anymore.

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+8 # Rockhold ducked Lark 2012-11-25 16:54

Or old sapp

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+6 # JeromeShieldz 2012-11-25 17:03

Lorenz is a beast with his striking. It would be pretty embarrassing for rockhold to get light up like a tesla coil before he tries to get into the UFC. This should guarantee a spot for Lorenz in the UFC

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+3 # Adi 2012-11-25 17:07

This isn't even him saying this. It's his camp.


But even if this did come from Lorenz's mouth, can you blame him?

UFC will only scoop up X number of Strikeforce fighters. Staying relevant can be the difference in getting offered a fight in January and a subsequent UFC contract or fighting at a World Series of Fighting.

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0 # Nuked 2012-11-26 03:14

You got Bellator.... maybe SF fighters can win that awesome hundred grand from the tourney!

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+1 # Rockhold ducked Lark 2012-11-26 07:54

Be a heavyweight, fight supa feate leeg, get UFC contrac

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+1 # Booty Juice 2012-11-26 02:10

I dont believe he is playing it safe and being risk averse (aka dick tucking) just to come into the UFC as champ.

//original signed//
"El Nino" Gilbert Melendez

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