A light heavyweight bout between Jan Blachowicz and former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold took place at tonight’s UFC 239 event.
Luke Rockhold returns to action for the first time since suffering a brutal knockout loss to Yoel Romero at UFC 221 in February of 2018.
Prior to the setback, ‘Rocky’ was coming off a second round TKO victory over former WSOF ‘champ champ’ David Branch.
Meanwhile, Jan Blachowicz last took to the octagon in February, where he suffered a knockout loss to Thiago Santos.
Prior to the loss, Blachowicz was riding a four fight win streak that included wins over Nikita Krylov, Jimi Manuwa and Jared Cannonier.
Round one begins and A high kick is immediately thrown from Rockhold. Blachowicz returning fire with low kicks. Rockhold with a front kick and a high kick. He lands a left hand. Luke Rockhold with a jumping switch kick. He shoots in for a double leg but Jan defends against the cage. Rockhold working hard for a takedown. He switches to knees and locks in a guillotine. He lets that go and shoots back in for the takedown. Blachowicz once again defends and lands a nice short elbow. Rockhold throws a high kick and then a low kick on the break. Both men with good shots from the pocket. Jan Blachowicz charges forward with a flurry that ends in a body kick. Hard right hand from Blachowicz. Rockhold comes back with a left. Rockhold tries a spinning back kick. He misses but then lands a front kick. Blachowicz with a left hand. He follows up with a high kick at the buzzer that sends Luke Rockhold to the mat for a second.
Rockhold wobbled at the end of round 1! #UFC239 pic.twitter.com/7W48D8Df0X
— UFC (@ufc) July 7, 2019
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Round two begins and Blachowicz lands a hard low kick. Rockhold tries to go high. Luke fakes a shot and forces the clinch. Left hand inside from Blachowicz and he follows up with short punches inside and knees. Rockhold turns out of the cage, Blachowicz lands a huge counter left hook and that’s it! Wow!
JAN BLACHOWICZ!!!! #UFC239 pic.twitter.com/d6Rx1KpsGT
— UFC (@ufc) July 7, 2019
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Official UFC 239 Result: Jan Blachowicz def. Luke Rockhold via KO in Round 2
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This article first appeared on BJPENN.com July 6, 2019