Jan Blachowicz is currently recovering from double shoulder surgery.
The former UFC light heavyweight champion expects to make his Octagon return at the end of the year and when he does, the power-punching Pole is hoping for a rematch against current 205-pound titleholder Alex Pereira.
“Every day is a little bit better, but still I need more time to recover and to fix correctly, so I think my next fight will be at the end of the year, not earlier,” Blachowicz told Fanatics View. “For sure not earlier. I would like to [fight in November or December]. When my physio say, ‘Okay Jan, you can go to the gym and do hard sparring session,’ and then I will know everything, when I can call to UFC and tell them, ‘Okay I will be ready at this time,’ or maybe a little bit later.”
Pereira defeated Blachowicz by split decision at UFC 291.
“He is not better fighter than me, and I believe that I deserve the rematch,” Blachowicz continued. “I prove when he fight against me, I still believe that I won this fight. Referee see different scores but I believe that I won this fight against him and I believe that I deserve for the rematch. He knocked out everybody, not me. When I come back, I believe that I can fight against him one more time.”
Pereira is expected to fight either Jiri Prochazka or Magomed Ankalaev next.
“I want to see fight Pereira against Ankalaev because (Ankalaev) is the hardest opponent for (Pereira) right now because I’m not in the division because I’m out (with injury) for a couple more months,” Blachowicz said. “So (Ankalaev) is the most dangerous fight for (Pereira). I would like to see this fight and then after this fight, he can go to heavyweight, but when I come back to fighting, he has to give me the rematch.”
A rematch for the belt, as well as for this “slimy” callout.