Rockhold hyping up big knockout of Bisping at UFC 199

With no less than total domination expected of him, Luke Rockhold is ready to deliver.

On Monday's edition of The MMA Hour, the UFC middleweight champion made his prediction for how his UFC 199 main event title fight against Michael Bisping will unfold. It wasn't a generous outlook for Bisping.

"This one will be ended in the first round," Rockhold said, according to MMA Fighting's Marc Raimondi. "I will give you something different. It will not be a left kick. It might be a right kick. It might be a left hand. It'll be something special."

Rockhold has delivered several spectacular finishes in his MMA career. He won seven of his first eight fights inside of a round, and that killer instinct carried over to his UFC exploits.

After being knocked out by Vitor Belfort, Rockhold went on a tear through the middleweight division with sub-three-minute finishes of Costas Philippou and Tim Boetsch, and submission wins of Lyoto Machida and Bisping. To date, he is the only fighter to ever submit Bisping.

Bisping, 37, received a chance at redemption against Luke Rockhold when he agreed to be a short-notice replacement for Chris Weidman. The incumbent No. 1 contender had to bow out of UFC 199 with a neck injury.

It took Rockhold two rounds to beat Bisping in their first meeting and he's guaranteeing a shorter night when they meet again on Sunday.

"I'm gonna knock him out in the first round and he's gonna have nothing to say," Rockhold said. "Whether he had a full camp, half a camp or a weeks notice. It doesn't matter. I'm gonna get my knockout. I'm gonna put him away. I'm gonna show who's the better fighter, who's the champ."