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Apparently, practicing every day with Cain Velasquez and Daniel Cormier does a lot for a guy. Luke Rockhold became the third member of the powerhouse American Kickboxing Academy gym from San Jose, Calif., to hold a UFC championship in 2015, dominating Chris Weidman throughout before stopping him in the fourth round. Referee Herb Dean, who probably made a major error by not stopping it late in the third as Rockhold was whaling away on Weidman with fists and elbows, finally called it at 3:12 of the fourth to give Rockhold the middleweight title in the co-main event of UFC 194 at the MGM Grand Garden.