Izzy is still the winner in my eyes □♂️. You never know what you can do if you don’t take chances on yourself. He could have played it safe and stayed at middleweight but he tried to be a two division champ. That was a good fight! Props to Izzy for taking a chance. It’s all about taking chances in this life! Thank you gentlemen! Take downs were nasty!Ĭongrats to and hats off to for attempting what a few have ever done. Handing “The Last Stylebender” his first loss as a pro in the process.Ĭheck out the Pro Take on what was a gruelling UFC 259 light heavyweight championship main event. The end result, thanks to that late-fight adjustment, Jan Blachowicz defended his title usccessfully against the dangerous Adesanya. Heading into the championship rounds, he’d claimed at least one frame, and began to mix in takedowns for which the middleweight champion had no answer. Adesanya started strong, but as the fight wore on, Blachowicz began to find his footing. What we witnessed in the end was a very strategic fight between Jan Blachowicz and Israel Adesanya. Still, it is hard to be disappointed with the main event that was put in place for the event - and it may have done wonders for Blachowicz’s legacy. And he did weigh in for UFC 259, but only as a back-up. Of course, Glover Teixeira was the rightful contender to Blachowicz’s light heavyweight title. The fight was booked, the date was set, and Saturday night, the fight arrived. There was no long drawn-out blueprint or question of whether this fight would come to fruition. Sure, Blachowicz wasn’t an estbalished star - but the current light heavyweight champ welcomed the idea of Adesanya moving up to attempt what few have done in the sport, and try to capture the Champ Champ status. While many super fights have been lost in the fray of MMA over the years (GSP vs. Not to mention two other title fights, and a 15-fight card that miraculously held together. But in a sport known for its rather chaotic and mischievous deities, the MMA gods blessed UFC 259 with exactly that. Champ versus champ super fights don’t come around often in MMA.
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