Israel Adesanya is ‘confident’ that he will face Jan Blachowicz next ahead of Glover Teixeira


Israel Adesanya is ‘confident’ that he will face Jan Blachowicz next ahead of Glover Teixeira
Jan Blachowicz and Israel Adesanya

The UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has his eyes on becoming the double champ now. Adesanya is eying to challenge Jan Blachowicz for the Light Heavyweight champion. Blachowicz won the title on the same night in UFC 253 when Adesanya defended his title against Paulo Costa. ‘The Style Bender’ wants to rule two weight divisions now.

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After Glover Teixeira defeated Thiago Santos he is considered the number one contender for the Light Heavyweight title and Blachowicz also said if Adesanya can’t wait till March he is ready to face Teixeira. During the recent interview, Adesanya looks confident that he will get the chance before Teixeira to face Blachowicz.

He says, “The lay of the land, especially in warfare, is ever-changing so you can’t be attached to one idea,” Adesanya explained. “I was attached to the idea that I would fight Jared Cannonier but the lay of the land in warfare is always ever-changing.”

“So when this opportunity came to me it felt like a lay-up from the universe or an alley-oop from the universe and I have to slam dunk it, which I will. I’m pretty confident Blachowicz will be my next opponent”.

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Adesanya is impressed by Teixeira’s performance

Israel Adesanya

The 41-year-old Brazilian MMA fighter Glover Teixeira showed that he still has much gas left in his tank after defeating Thiago Santos. Even Izzy is impressed by his performance. He says, “Glover had an amazing fight. He did very well.”

“If I’m being objectively honest, rightly so he calls for a title shot cause he feels like he’s up there in age and this is his second shot. But I got there first and I feel like I’ve got the right cards in my hand to make this happen. Not saying he’s not going to get a title shot but I was first in line.”

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