Another big right jab thereafter caught the challenger for a split second, leading to a huge double leg takedown that led to his first of the night for Blachowicz. It was another close round that could have gone either way heading into the championship rounds.īlachowicz caught Adesanya in the clinch again in the fourth round, up against the fence before breaking it up and throwing a big right hand to the jaw of Adesanya. The Pole recovered, and began to clinch up against the fence again to buy some time and ware down Adesanya to avoid an attacking flurry like that again. ![]() Just seconds later, Adesanya replied with a hard left hook to the head that stunned Blachowicz momentarily, and started to release punishment with shots slipping through the guard. ![]() The Middleweight champion climbed away, although was met with a knee to the head in the process. Adesanya, who has a terrific takedown defence percentage, stuffed it but was back in the clinch against his opponent looking to take his back. It was a better round from the challenger, in what was an understandably cautious first 10 minutes of action.Īt the beginning of round three, Blachowicz executed a one-two punch combination that resulted in him shooting for a takedown. Adesanya was sticking to his single punch and kick game plan but was not doing much damage to the man who weighed in significantly more prior to the fight. After missing a left hook shot, Adesanya was caught when Blachowicz decided to clinch and use his grappling in the centre of the octagon, but the Nigerian native successfully scrambled away. The Pole looked to have edged what was a closely contested first round.īlachowicz continued to check and read the kicks of Adesanya in round two, where both men exchanged clean hooks to the head within the opening minute. Blachowicz was excellent at checking leg kicks that came his way, and replied with kicks to the mid section to show he is comfortable to trade standing up. Blachowicz threw multiple leg kicks to the lead leg of his opponent early on, whilst Adesanya worked the jab well but was cautious to use combinations to avoid the power that the 38 year old champion possesses on the counter. The first round of the fight was fought for the entirety on the feet, something which was thought to have favoured Adesanya heading into the contest. Adesanya moved up to Light Heavyweight for the first time and was hoping to become just the fifth fighter in UFC history to become a simultaneous two division champion, but fell short and suffered his first professional MMA loss in the process. It was the first title defence for the Polish powerhouse after beating Dominick Reyes for the vacant belt last September. Light Heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz successfully defended his title by defeating UFC Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-45×2).
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