“I took his ‘O’, Now he’s 20-1 and I am this person who beat him” Jan Blachowicz talks about his win against Adesanya


“I took his ‘O’, Now he’s 20-1 and I am this person who beat him” Jan Blachowicz talks about his win against Adesanya

Jan Blachowicz and Israel Adesanya

The UFC Light Heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz showed the world what he is made of by defending his title against Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 and crushing Adesanya’s dream to become double champ.

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After the win, Blachowicz felt happy as the fight has gone exactly like he thought off. In his latest interview with MMA Fighting, Blachowicz says, “I feel great with the fight, Of course, I could do a little bit more, much more but I feel great. I feel strong.”

“Cardio is good, But anyway, I should do a little bit more but Israel is a great fighter. I just fight how he goes to fight. That’s it. He was completely what we expect. He does everything that we thought he was going to do. Two things was different.”

“I thought that he would be a little bit faster than he was but also he was a little bit stronger than I think he will be. Those were the things that I expected. But the rest of the things was exactly what we expected he was going to be.”

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“I feel even much better than when I beat Dominick Reyes Because now I proved that I’m a real champion. I deserve this belt. I not only get this belt but I defended this belt. It tastes a little bit better. I’m just proud.”

“It tastes a little bit better than when I won against Dominick Reyes. It’s great. I’ve got a lot of respect for him but it’s also nice that I took his ‘O.’ Now he’s 20-1 and I am this person who beat him. I beat the champion.”

“Unbelievable things. I’m just happy. Like you said, I’m happy because I defend the belt, won against someone like Israel and I proved I deserved this belt.”

Blachowicz doesn’t care what Daniel Cormier says

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Jan Blachowicz and Daniel Cormier

The former UFC two-division champion Daniel Cormier was in the commentary panel in Adesanya vs Blachowicz fight. After the fight, they received a lot of criticism about commentary being biased in favor of Adesanya.

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Blachowicz also said something to D.C. after the fight. Talking about this Blachowicz added, “Daniel, I just came to him, I don’t remember exactly what I said to him but just do you think now I am the true champion now?”

“I deserve respect, something like this. Just a couple words and that’s it. They don’t see me in this fight, they just see Israel, But I don’t know, I don’t care. Maybe they are friends and that’s why. What can I do? Nothing.”

“But anyway, that was not a problem. It is true, I haven’t watched the fight yet. I don’t care. He do what he do, he has to live with that, not me, I am just happy. I defend my belt. I am and still the champion. So everything good can happen right now. Nothing can change my happiness inside me. I don’t care.”

Blachowicz is also open to a rematch with Adesanya but he believes this time he needs some win the Light Heavyweight division first. Blachowicz concludes,

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“I think if he would come back to our division or stay in this division, of course the rematch may be in the future but first of all he needs to win against someone from top 10 and then maybe the rematch, Of course, he’s got everything to be in this division.”

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