Blachowicz has defeated Israel Adesanya to retain #UFC259 title.
NewsOne Nigeria reports that UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz puts his belt on the line against UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.
The fight marked the sixth champ vs. champ fight in octagon history as Adesanya tried to become the fifth UFC fighter to hold belts in two divisions simultaneously. The middleweight champion before now, remained undefeated in his professional career with nine UFC wins.
Jan Blachowicz defeated Israel Adesanya via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-45 x2).
Watch the video of the UFC 259 fight Blachowicz vs Adesanya
Jan Blachowicz in full control over Israel Adesanya to end round 5 😳 #UFC259
(via @ufc)pic.twitter.com/wgdWd1x1rt
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 7, 2021
Adesanya really caught the L to Blachowicz & Dana White is all of us #UFC259 pic.twitter.com/m0MZFT8AWm
— Alex Monaco (@Alex__Monaco) March 7, 2021
Blachowicz is all smiles in his post-fight interview. He says that Adesanya was slower than expected but that he hit harder than expected. Then he says he knew takedowns would be a good weapon for him given his size and strength but that he didn’t want to go for them early when Adesanya was fresh. He waited until Adesanya was more tired to go for them. Good plan, it turns out.
Blachowicz then says he should’ve put more pressure on and boxed more but ultimately, it worked out. Then he says that Glover Teixeira deserves the next shot at the light heavyweight title and he wants to fight against him next, before Glover gets too old. But first, he wants to hold off and spend some time with his family.
He ends the interview giving props to Adesanya and celebrating being the first guy to beat him. He then calls for his due respect as the true champion of the world. Legendary Polish Power.
Adesanya Post-Fight Interview
Adesanya gives a post-fight interview and then makes some jokes about not being able to sleep the night before, mocking Paulo Costa. Adesanya seems in fine spirits. Says that the size played a factor but he also just didn’t have a great fight. He also says he’s going back to 185 first and then he’ll come back up to light heavyweight soon.