Fighters React to Luke Rockhold’s Submission of Lyoto Machida Via Twitter

Following Luke Rockhold’s second-round submission of Lyoto Machida at UFC on Fox 15 on Saturday, fighters took to Twitter to react to his dominating performance.

Wow. Amazing performance!!

— Chris Weidman (@ChrisWeidmanUFC) April 19, 2015

Very impressive @LukeRockhold ! Congrats

— Ryan Bader (@ryanbader) April 19, 2015

Job well done @LukeRockhold, congrats!

— Dan Henderson (@danhendo) April 19, 2015

Congrats @LukeRockhold perfect performance. Repping Cali! @ufc

— Urijah Faber (@UrijahFaber) April 19, 2015

Great stuff @LukeRockhold ! Congrats dude, that mat work was top notch! #UFCNewJersey

— Joseph Benavidez (@JoeJitsu) April 19, 2015

Congratulations my brother @LukeRockhold and team AKA with a greatest victory…, no chance left for Machida…!!! @ufc @akajav

— khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) April 19, 2015

#congratulations @lukerockhold ! https://t.co/5khbqcTQQR

— Julianna Peña (@VenezuelanVixen) April 19, 2015

Congrats to @LukeRockhold on a dominating performance!!!

— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) April 19, 2015

Awesome job @LukeRockhold Time for that @ufc title. @Strikeforce in the house! @ScottCoker

— Cung Le (@CungLe185) April 19, 2015

YEEEEEEESSSSSS @LukeRockhold !!!!! What a great performance, again!!! #TeamAKA #BestTeamInTheWorld #UFConFOX #UFConFOX15 @ufc @UFCONFOX

— Mike Quick Swick (@officialswick) April 19, 2015

Rockhold ur nasty buddy. Congrats to u I see u being a @ufc #Champ what a performance by LH #WOW

— Manny Gamburyan (@MannyGamburyan) April 19, 2015

Luke Rockhold is good at controlling position. Real good. Paige Vanzant GOOD! #UFCNewJersey #smh

— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) April 19, 2015

Rockhold is a beast! Him vs Weidman is an amazing fight.

— Cathal Pendred (@PendredMMA) April 19, 2015

Dam @LukeRockhold smanged that ass. Impressive considering the opposition #UFCNewJersey

— Nick Newell (@NotoriousNewell) April 19, 2015

congrats @LukeRockhold @akajav @AKA_HQ

— Amanda leoa Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) April 19, 2015

Strikeforce tho

— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) April 19, 2015

@LukeRockhold amazing perfomance. Noone did that with Machida before. @ufc

— Rustam Khabilov (@RustamTheTiger) April 19, 2015

Wow @LukeRockhold is a monster

— ike vallie-flagg (@IKEVF) April 19, 2015

Wow what happened to machida? Looked gassed after the first round unreal!

— Jamie Varner (@jamievarner) April 19, 2015

Luke Rockhold is a beast!! Too completely break machida like that is Something special

— STORMIN NORMAN PARKE (@norman_parke) April 19, 2015

Wow that was impressive #UFCNewJersey #MachidaVsRockhold

— Dylan Andrews (@dylanthevillian) April 19, 2015

Rockhold is a monster for MW. Makes the old LHW look like a WW. #UFConFOX15 #UFCNewJersey

— Joe Ellenberger (@JoeEllenberger) April 19, 2015

Just beautiful! @LukeRockhold #UFCNewJersey

— Tarec Saffiedine (@tarecfighter) April 19, 2015

If I were Rockhold I would stay in shape in case someone drops out May 23. Just saying.

— Tom Lawlor (@FilthyTomLawlor) April 19, 2015

Machida got dealt a Cool Hand. #AllHailTheSnapchatKing @LukeRockhold

— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) April 19, 2015

Danm what a performance

— C H I T O V E R A (@chitoveraUFC) April 19, 2015

If Rockhold doesnt adopt the nickname "Dragon Slayer" after this fight, then he is missing out. We all are. #UFConFOX15

— Shayna Baszler (@QoSBaszler) April 19, 2015

I called that one too! @LukeRockhold is a fucking stud! #UFC #Dominant

— Chas Skelly (@ChasSkelly) April 19, 2015

@LukeRockhold shows why he deserves a title shot and he's the top 185er

— Ramsey Nijem (@RamseyNijem) April 19, 2015

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