[music with birds chirping]
>> Narrator: When the UFC returns to the Steel City
on September 16th,
so too will former 185 pound champion,
Luke Rockhold.
>> Joe Rogan: I mean that was just complete, total domination.
>> Narrator: Revitalized from injury hiatus,
the man who's never been to a decision in the UFC...
>> Mike Goldberg: It is all over!
Luke Rockhold!
>> Narrator: Is ready for anyone willing to challenge
him inside the Octagon he once ruled.
>> I know I'm the best in this game;
I just take on whoever will fight me.
In this case, it's Branch.
>> Narrator: Enter Brooklyn's, David Branch;
a middleweight and light heavyweight champion
outside the UFC,
ready to build upon his 11-fight win streak against
the very best in the world.
>> I want to make people scared,
I want to put the fear of God in people.
I'm not playing.
>> Commentator: That is it, David Branch has done it!
>> Branch: When I go inside that cage,
I'm trying to hurt you.
>> Commentator: Able to put Okami down.
Can he finish him! And he does.
>> Narrator: The UFC's middleweight division is more
stacked than ever before.
While champion, Michael Bisping readies to welcome back
all-time great, Georges St-Pierre--
interim champ, Robert Whittaker waits in the wings.
>> Bruce Buffer: Whittaker!
>> Narrator: And with former champions like Rockhold ready
to recapture UFC gold,
multi-division title holders
like Branch have entered the fray,
gunning for the same prize.
>> Fatigue makes cowards of men.
>> Narrator: Enter the lives and training camps of these
former champions,
as they prepare to rise
the ranks in Pittsburgh.
>> Branch: This is real, this is happening.
This is going to be live and we're going to fight.
We're going to fistfight in there.
It's the countdown to somebody getting hurt.
>> Luke Rockhold: September 16th,
Fox Sports 1-- you better tune in.
Narrator: The Empire State boasts a rich history in combat;
from championship boxing matches
to the violent city streets,
this gritty culture of fighting permeated
New York before mixed martial arts existed
at the professional level.
And one such fighter forged in this time period was
UFC middleweight, David Branch.
>> Branch: Man, I grew up in the crack epidemic,
so it was real messed up.
In the 80's New York City--
and I always like to fight.
I fought a lot as a kid;
I wasn't trained or anything like that,
but I just knew it made me feel good,
it made me understand things about myself.
I was coming home from an odd job in the Bronx one day,
I was living in my brother's apartment.
I stopped at a store, it was like a drug addict guy
in there that was selling a bunch of VHS tapes.
One of them was a UFC 3 tape.
I'm just sitting there watching this tape and I see
Royce Gracie like strangling all these people.
>> Commentator: Gracie on his back,
but a lot of times that's his best offense.
He is in a battle.
>> I was like, man-- I looked at my brother and I was like,
"I'm doing this [bleep]."
And about six years later I was in the Octagon.
>> Mike Goldberg: A prodigy of the great,
Renzo Gracie, Dave Branch is set to make his long awaited
UFC debut.
>> Narrator: Although Branch first entered the UFC
an unbeaten prospect in 2010...
>> Joe Rogan: Oh, that was nice;
a knee and a punch by Branch.
>> Narrator: The sport's biggest state proved to be
too much, too soon.
>> Stay. Hook.
>> Narrator: And he was released after four fights.
>> Branch: They didn't need somebody who was trying
to find their way on the job.
I needed to go out and get the experience like I should
have in the first place.
>> Ring announcer: David Branch!
>> Narrator: Following his departure from the UFC,
Branch developed his skill-set with each fight.
>> Stop. Stop.
>> Ring announcer: And new middleweight champion
of the world!
>> Narrator: And eventually captured titles
in multiple weight division.
>> Todd Harris: David Branch is your light heavyweight champion.
>> Branch: I wasn't the only one to get two belts in
two different weight class,
but I was the only one ever to defend both of them ever.
>> Harris: Branch able to put Okami down.
Can he finish him? And he does!
>> Branch: Had a little chip on my shoulder because I
wasn't getting the recognition that I thought
that I deserved.
>> Harris: That is it! That is it!
That is it! David Branch has done it!
>> I had always remembered what it felt like being in the UFC.
>> Ring announcer: And still!
>> Jon Anik: At 35 years old, out of the UFC since 2011,
this is an entirely different animal as he makes
the return tonight.
>> Narrator: After a remarkable campaign outside the UFC,
Branch vacated his titles and returned in May
of this year.
>> Anik: Early takedown, that's a good sign for Branch.
>> Narrator: Extending his win streak to an
impressive 11 straight.
>> Buffer: Branch!
>> Narrator: Now on the doorstep of a middleweight title shot,
he plans to replicate the accomplishments
from his title win and capture a championship belt
in the biggest promotion the world has ever known.
[grunting]
>> Trainer: That's going to tear him up. Come on.
>> Branch: I want to be the top dog,
because I know what it feels like already.
I've never had my titles taken away from me,
I gave them away,
so that I could go chase this one.
>> Narrator: The next challenger for Branch
is a former imposing UFC title holder with laser-focus
on returning to championship form.
It's been more than 15 months since
Luke Rockhold's last fight.
Sidelined by a knee injury, the California native is now
training in South Florida; a warm welcome back
to the fighting lifestyle he enjoys most.
>> I think the time off was well spent.
I was training almost all the time,
working around my injuries, working on different things
and so kept myself busy.
I enjoyed my time off,
but at the same time I'm ready to come back.
>> Narrator: Before the unexpected hiatus,
Rockhold spent his career terrorizing top middleweights.
>> Ring announcer: And the new Strikeforce
middleweight world champion!
>> Narrator: He reigned as Strikeforce champion,
before entering the UFC, where he dispatched veterans
with ease.
>> Anik: Oh, liver kick!
>> I've out-struck some of the best strikers and I've
out-grappled the best grapplers.
>> Mike: He's ready to tap.
It's all over!
Luke Rockhold!
>> I can beat you anywhere.
>> Narrator: Rockhold is also the last man to defeat
current champion, Michael Bisping,
when they first fought in Australia in 2014.
>> Dan Hardy: Beautiful. The head kick!
Bisping's down. >> John Gooden: Good head kick.
Luke Rockhold with a one arm mounted guillotine!
>> Narrator: His streak continued in a Fox showcase
against former light heavyweight champion,
Lyoto Machida.
>> Joe: Oh!
Luke Rockhold is battering Lyoto Machida here.
He's tapping, that's it.
>> Mike: Luke Rockhold finishes Lyoto Machida!
>> Narrator: In December of 2015...
>> Joe: Good straight left by Rockhold.
>> Narrator: He added a UFC world title
to his impressive resume.
>> Mike: Big ground and pound on Weidman.
>> Joe: Oh!
>> Mike: Herb Dean all over the action.
>> Joe: Weidman is absolutely getting destroyed here!
>> Narrator: And becoming the first man to defeat
then champion, Chris Weidman.
>> Mike: Rockhold continuing to punish Weidman.
>> Joe: That's it. >> Mike: It is all over!
Luke Rockhold is the new UFC middleweight champion
of the world!
>> Joe: Wow.
>> Narrator: But his last outing,
the rematch with rival, Michael Bisping at
UFC 199 last summer...
>> Joe: Oh, he hurt him.
>> Narrator: Did not go as expected.
And he enters this next fight without the UFC belt.
>> Rockhold: Obviously I'm not happy how my last fight went
and I'm ready to come back and right that wrong.
First we take down, David Branch,
then we take back the game.
>> Narrator: UFC middleweight, David Branch
grew up on the Bronx,
before an adolescence filled with misconduct forced him
to see more of the Big Apple than he ever thought possible.
>> Branch: They call it the juvenile correctional center.
I was in places like this in 95', 96', 97'.
Like this is where they send kids that make the wrong choices
and when you get locked up,
you end up going here.
For us having been in places like this,
this is my message of like, stay positive no matter
how hard it is.
Even if you're in a low-income area and your grand-mom
was on drugs or your mom is on drugs,
father is on drugs, father's not in the house.
There's still a way, you know?
You don't have to go out there and hustle
on the corner and end up in a place like this.
One error and you can end up back in the same situation.
So it gives me a very realistic reality about life
and it makes me humble as hell.
>> Narrator: In bouncing back from a life
of recurring incarceration,
Branch would remain would in Brownsville, Brooklyn
working odd jobs in construction while learning
how to fight.
This region was not only home to boxing legend, Mike Tyson,
but has also long held one of the highest crime rates
of any New York City neighborhood.
>> Under here used to be just prostitutes
and stuff like that-- crack.
That was like a crazy house or like a halfway house.
There use to be a [bleep] on a wheelchair and he just
rides up and down the streets right here and you can't really
say nothing to him because he's always strapped.
Like the cars don't tell him to get the [bleep]
out the way and like that.
He's just pissed off, you know what I mean?
I think he would just do it on purpose just so he could
pull out on people, you know?
Hey, get out the street and he would be like, "What!"
You don't want to-- yeah.
Street kings end up dead or in wheelchairs,
man that's what happens.
Oh, Rich!
What's going on, man?
>> What's going on, baby.
[laughing] >> How you doing?
>> I'm good, man.
This was my landlord right here.
He used to let me stay here rent free for a couple
of months just until I got my fight money together and then
I would pay him.
How many times we went through that, Rich?
>> I didn't count.
>> So many times, more than I can count on two hands.
>> I've had tenants leave here, owing me a bundle.
This guy stayed good the whole time.
He stayed good.
>> David, we were talking about those tickets you promised.
>> Branch: Ah, yeah. That's right.
>> Brownsville Bully.
>> Branch: That's it.
>> Man: That's the Brownsville Bully.
>> Man #2: Brownsville Bully.
>> That's the Brownsville Bully right there.
>> Woman: When's the next fight? When is it?
>> September 16th in Pittsburgh.
>> That's what I'm talking about.
>> I'm going to do this kid in, real bad.
I'm going to do him ugly.
Yeah. Yeah.
>> He's going to get it. >> Branch: Yeah. Yeah.
He's going to get it. >> Brownsville style.
>> Woman: Alright, take care.
>> Branch: I love ya'll.
[laughing]
>> Narrator: Branch's September 16th opponent,
Luke Rockhold reached the top of the MMA world,
training at the American Kickboxing Academy
in San Jose, California
with teammates who have also won UFC gold;
Cain Velasquez and Daniel Cormier.
But the current landscape of AKA has changed and Rockhold
looked to train elsewhere for this fight.
>> AKA will always be my home,
it just depends on how the guys are doing there.
Right now everyone is inactive or injured.
>> Narrator: For this camp, Rockhold is training
at the brand new Hard Knocks 365 facility in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida;
led by Dutch kickboxing champion, Henri Hooft--
who took notice of Rockhold's incredible talent
when he cornered against him in his UFC debut.
>> Goldberg: Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort!
>> After the fight I said to Luke at that moment,
"You are going to be champ one day,
you have all the qualities."
>> Rockhold: From then on, I just started watching his
stuff and he was always watching me.
>> Hooft: We just have a good connection.
He's easy to train.
I like the gym where he comes from, AKA;
really good team with really good fighters.
Kind of similar to us, we like to spar hard.
Let's go, man, hit somebody in the stomach.
Liver, kidneys, I don't care where-- just put somebody down.
Put somebody on his ass, man.
We're sparring, come on-- it's not kindergarten.
Here we go!
That's it, Luke.
Hands are up all the time.
That's better, yeah.
>> Rockhold: Here in Florida it's like a fighting state.
>> Hooft: Nice! Nice! Nice!
>> Rockhold: There are so many guys flooding
in from everywhere; we got great kickboxers,
we got good jiu-jitsu guys, a lot of big guys too.
>> It's always great to have another fighter on that level.
You know his game, the way he moves,
the way he kicks.
It's always good to learn from someone like that.
>> He just adds to what what we got going on here.
He's a pleasure to work with, such a phenomenal athlete,
such a phenomenal fighter.
Center! Everything's working!
We show up in Pittsburgh, we are going to show up to fight
and that's just what it comes down to.
>> Hooft: Take his ass down, you need to finish this fight!
>> Narrator: When Rockhold faces David Branch
in Pittsburgh on September 16th,
he aims to pickup right where he left off.
Hooft: Finish the fight! Finish it!
>> Narrator: And work towards recapturing
his middleweight belt.
>> Rockhold: Mentally, physically,
I feel like I'm in my prime.
It's time, it's long overdue.
I'm ready to come back and do what I got to do.
>> Hard work on three. One, two, three.
Hard work!
[piano music]
>> Narrator: Former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold
has been focused entirely on recapturing his
belt since losing it in June of 2016.
>> Coffee, it's the most important part of the day.
>> Narrator: But a 50% tear to the ACL in his left knee
sustained in training
unexpectedly prolonged his absence.
>> The key to the coffee game is you gotta get
the barista style almond milk.
Game changer, I promise you that.
It's been tough.
Obviously ACL injuries are never good.
I've never really experienced anything on that level and it
was a tricky one to work around.
I can do a lot of things, but every time I would kick,
it felt like my knee was gonna fall apart.
I can't go into fight consciously without kicking.
I waited and I got the stem cells and I did
the treatments and I took the time off and I healed up.
We have a top-ten opponent.
I'm ready to go.
So, I'm gonna put my left leg through this guy's head
and go home to California.
[dramatic music]
>> Let's just set it down.
Let's take a nice lateral walk.
>> Rockhold: I think in this game everyone operates
differently, everyone's raised differently.
I wasn't raised in a gym.
I was raised in an outdoors community.
We live life and we go to the beach.
It's tough to be in a gym everyday and to keep your focus
and to really absorb new information and learn.
>> Corey Peacock: Two feet each hole,
quick steps, right foot lead.
We're just gonna go straight through the middle.
It's extremely motivating to be able to get the guys out
of the gym and in a different scene.
Let's go, Ickey shuffle.
We're still getting all the work that we want,
but changing the environment up.
And I think these athletes push a little bit harder.
Alright, we're gonna go on this line.
What I want to do is work short burst for the first one.
I wanna work six short bursts.
Set. Go!
I think this layoff has been huge for him.
I think you can see how much he wants to get back in there.
Luke's a guy that has a lot of goals.
Obviously to get that title back.
And this is just one step for him to do so.
>> Rockhold: I've always taken my time away from
the cage and come back better.
This is no different.
>> Peacock: He is the best 185-pound fighter out there.
He has all the ability to finish this fight and I'd love
to see him do it.
>> Narrator: For New York native David Branch,
who readies for a main event bout with Luke Rockhold,
his new jiu-jitsu academy in nearby New Jersey allows him
to mold aspiring fighters
and also serves as a private
training facility when class is not in session.
>> Branch: Today is something called Shark Tank.
It's one of the things that we started implementing when
I fought into the championship rounds and even
before championship rounds in the last organization I was in.
It's just a repetitive cycle of takedowns, defending takedowns.
I'm feeling it!
I'm not one for doing a whole lot of talking, you know.
I want to be a light to a lot of the younger fighters
and fighters respect action.
Anybody out there who wants to be a fighter and wants
to be a champion,
it's gonna be extremely painful.
You're gonna lose some teeth.
You're gonna get plenty of black eyes.
You're gonna be uncomfortable.
>> Come on, man, work.
>> Branch: You're gonna be hungry.
You know what I mean?
It's a lot of things you're gonna have to go through.
And I've embraced all of those things.
That's how you do it.
I see a lot of [bleep] wanna fight but you don't wanna put
the work in.
Ain't no shortcut.
You gotta do it and you gotta love it because it hurts.
Fatigue makes cowards of men.
>> Narrator: UFC Fight Night in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
is set for September 16th,
but for its headlining former UFC champion,
the fight is already under way.
>> Rockhold: You know, a lot of fights go the way you see them.
If you visualize them right, if you focus right,
if you analyze right, you can pretty much see the endings.
When I'm patient, and I wait for my opportunities,
everything kind of slows down in there.
I see what's going on before it happens.
>> Narrator: As Rockhold stays focused
on a dominant performance in his return,
over 1,000 miles to the north,
his opponent maintains a similar mindset.
>> Branch: I think about this every day.
This guy's gonna bring it and I like to fight aggressive guys
because I make them make a lot of mistakes and I like
to use that aggression against people.
And when I get in there, I'm gonna be ready for him.
>> Narrator: Few men were willing to step up
and face Rockhold.
But Branch never sees himself as the underdog.
>> Branch: I know that I'm a beast.
He's not gonna take me down.
He's not gonna outwrestle me.
>> Pick you-- pick your heel up and pick your kick up more.
>> Branch: So, he's gonna have to deal with it.
If I choose to stay up on the feet,
that's what it's gonna be for the whole duration until
somebody goes down.
It's gonna be him; I'm not gonna go down.
>> No, no, no, here.
Side of your head.
[grunting]
>> Rockhold: For a guy like David Branch to say that
he thinks he can dictate the pace is a [bleep] joke.
>> Rogan: He's as good as he's ever been and he is
in his prime right now.
>> Rockhold: No one has ever dictated the pace in any
of my fights but myself.
>> Rogan: Oh, right hook!
He hurt him!
>> Goldberg: Swarming on Weidman!
>> Rogan: Look at this!
Look at that takedown.
Incredible.
>> Branch: He can't box.
And he doesn't have a chin.
I can box and I can hit really [bleep] hard.
>> Harris: Branch able to put Okami down.
Can he finish him? And he does!
[yelling]
>> Anik: Oh, liver kick!
>> Dan Hardy: Oh, and a head kick!
That could be it!
This could be the finish!
>> John Gooden: Luke Rockhold with a one-arm mount.
>> Hooft: Last minute! Last minute!
Last minute of this week!
>> Goldberg: Big ground and pound on Weidman!
>> Rogan: Oh! That's it! That's it.
We got a new champion.
>> Rockhold: When the cage door locks,
it's time to show up, and I know that I always show up.
>> Branch: I haven't lost in five years.
>> Rogan: David Branch worked long and hard to get back
to the UFC.
>> Branch: I'm not done yet because I wanna get my hands
on this middleweight strap.
>> Narrator: When training comes to a close...
multiple title holders David Branch...
>> Harris: David Branch has done it!
>> Narrator: ... and Luke Rockhold...
>> Rogan: Hard shots by Rockhold.
>> Narrator: ... will test their championship mettle
inside the octagon.
>> Rogan: Oh, he hurt him.
>> Narrator: The loser takes one step back and the winner
takes one giant step forward.
>> Hooft: 30 seconds! That's where you get strong.
>> Narrator: ... towards a UFC belt.
>> Rockhold: September 16th, Pittsburgh, PA,
you're gonna see a man get sent back to Brooklyn.
>> Hooft: Take his ass down, you need to finish this fight!
>> Sink or swim, buddy.
>> Branch: I'm gonna be ready for what he brings
to the table and I'm gonna finish this dude.
[grunting]
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