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Report: Dana White Says Israel Adesanya’s Next Fight Will Be Jan Blachowicz

Adesanya BlachowiczIt looks like UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya‘s next fight will be in the light heavyweight division. Adesanya is coming off an impressive TKO win over Paulo Costa at UFC 253 last month to defend his middleweight title for a second time. He had earmarked Jared Cannonier as his next opponent should he have gotten […]

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It looks like UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya‘s next fight will be in the light heavyweight division.

Adesanya is coming off an impressive TKO win over Paulo Costa at UFC 253 last month to defend his middleweight title for a second time. He had earmarked Jared Cannonier as his next opponent should he have gotten past Robert Whittaker emphatically at UFC 254 last week.

However, that wasn’t the case with Whittaker coming out on top and given that Adesanya only faced “The Reaper” a year ago, it looks like the UFC is going in a different direction with him.

As per UFC president Dana White, Adesanya’s next fight will be for Jan Blachowicz’s light heavyweight crown in what will be a champion vs. champion super fight.

“Dana White tells me he met with Israel Adesanya yesterday and his next fight will definitely be a move up in weight to challenge Jan Blachowicz at light heavyweight,” ESPN’s Brett Okamoto tweeted after UFC Vegas 12 on Saturday.

Blachowicz recently stated that he heard Adesanya was interested in fighting him so it certainly seems like the wheels are in motion for this fight to be booked.

And as far as the Pole was concerned, he is down to fight in March.

“I have heard that Israel Adesanya wants to face me next. No problem, If you are ready to fight in March, let’s do this. Prepare for a some fireworks guys ??#LegendaryPolishPower”

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Jan Blachowicz Open To Israel Adesanya Super Fight In March

Jan Blachowicz is open to fighting Israel Adesanya in March. Adesanya recently stated in an interview he is open to the idea of negotiating for a champ-champ fight after Jared Cannonier lost at UFC 254, leaving Adesanya with no clear-cut contender. For…

Jan Blachowicz is open to fighting Israel Adesanya in March. Adesanya recently stated in an interview he is open to the idea of negotiating for a champ-champ fight after Jared Cannonier lost at UFC 254, leaving Adesanya with no clear-cut contender. For, Blachowicz, he is open to that idea. “I have heard that Israel Adesanya […]

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Jan Blachowicz: ‘Jones Moved To Heavyweight To Escape Polish Power’

Jan Blachowicz has called out Jon JonesUFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Jan Blachowicz has called out former champion, Jon Jones by claiming that the American has moved to Heavyweight to avoid his ‘Legendary Polish Power.’ (H/T MMA Fighting.) Speaking to Submission Radio, Blachowicz said Jon Jones would be his best opponent but he admits a fight against Jones is unrealistic. “For me, […]

Jan Blachowicz has called out Jon Jones

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Jan Blachowicz has called out former champion, Jon Jones by claiming that the American has moved to Heavyweight to avoid his ‘Legendary Polish Power.’ (H/T MMA Fighting.)

Speaking to Submission Radio, Blachowicz said Jon Jones would be his best opponent but he admits a fight against Jones is unrealistic.

“For me, the best (opponent) would be Jon Jones,” Blachowicz said. “But I think this is not real. It’s not gonna happen so I think that my next opponent is gonna be the winner between (Glover) Teixeira and Thiago (Santos). But also, Adesanya also is really good. So we will see. We’ll have to wait a little bit but for me, personally, the best would be Jon Jones. He promised me this fight after I knocked out Corey (Anderson) and I’m waiting for him. I believe in the future that I’ll catch him somewhere, some day, anywhere.”

Jan Blachowicz went on to say that his recent performance against Dominick Reyes may have made Jones scared of a future fight between the two.

“You see what I did with Dominick, he just escaped because he doesn’t want to lose against me. I understand that. He’s afraid and (so) he went to heavyweight. . . He just wants to escape from the Legendary Polish Power, that’s why he went to heavyweight. He’s afraid of the Legendary Polish Power.”

Blachowicz recently became the UFC’s Light Heavyweight champion after he knocked out Dominick Reyes at UFC 253. The Pole claimed the belt after Jones vacated it whilst making his ambition to move up to heavyweight clear.

Jones however did tease him coming back to the Light Heavyweight division, tweeting after Blachowicz’s win at UFC 253, the former champion said: “Would you guys be annoyed if I went back and grabbed my belt real quick?”

Jones has also been talking up a potential super fight with Middleweight Champion, Israel Adesanya. The pair have been going back and forth on Twitter for a while.

Do you think Jan Blachowicz will beat Jon Jones if the pair ever meet?

Jan Blachowicz Open To Superfight With Israel Adesanya

Jan Blachowicz would be open to the idea of fighting Israel Adesanya. Adesanya, who is the current UFC middleweight champion, has talked about a move up to light heavyweight to fight Jon Jones. Yet, with “Bones” out of the division, Blachow…

Jan Blachowicz would be open to the idea of fighting Israel Adesanya. Adesanya, who is the current UFC middleweight champion, has talked about a move up to light heavyweight to fight Jon Jones. Yet, with “Bones” out of the division, Blachowicz says he would be open to still welcoming “The Last Stylebender” to the division. […]

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