It's been a bit of a seesaw for American Kickboxing Academy.
This past September, the team went 4-0 at "Strikeforce Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov," and middleweight Luke Rockhold unseated the promotion's middleweight champion, Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza.
The year 2011 did not come to a successful conclusion, though. In November, AKA heavyweight Cain Velasquez got blown out of the water by Junior Dos Santos and lost his UFC strap, and one month later, perennial welterweight contender Jon Fitch got knocked out in 12 seconds by underdog Johny Hendricks.
Rockhold predicted his team would go undefeated four months ago. He could hardly predict such a turnaround.
But he's got another prediction: 2012 is AKA's year.
"With Cain and Fitch, they happened so fast (that) it's really hard to get a gauge of what exactly went down (and) what the big problem was," Rockhold told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "There were some undisclosed injuries and things like that, but I think it's just, man, guys get caught.
"I believe we're the best fight team. I believe Cain's the best heavyweight in the world. I think if anybody goes past the first round with Cain, I don't think they have much of a chance. Fitch is going to be a similar story. That one happened so fast. It was weird seeing Fitch get out there in such a low stance off the layoff and the injury. I don't know what he was doing exactly, but that was a heartbreaker the other night.
"Our guys will get back to form, and (AKA trainer) Javier (Mendez) has addressed us. But it's just,
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