{"id":272626,"date":"2018-03-17T08:08:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=272626"},"modified":"2018-03-17T08:08:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:08:46","slug":"jimi-manuwa-is-fighting-jan-blachowicz-because-he-had-no-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jimi-manuwa\/jimi-manuwa-is-fighting-jan-blachowicz-because-he-had-no-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimi Manuwa is Fighting Jan Blachowicz Because He Had No Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jimi Manuwa is really familiar with his opponent tonight at UFC London. He fought Jan Blachowicz back in 2015 to earn a decision win. Since then he&#8217;s only lost to Anthony &#8216;Rumble&#8217; Johnson and the latest light heavyweight title challenger Volkan Oezdemir. He&#8217;d prefer to be fighting a higher ranked opponent, but it seems like none of them are accepting fights with him.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI wanted to fight a top five guy. I wanted the No. 3 guy Glover Teixeira. I said let me fight Glover, they said Glover doesn\u2019t want to fight. I said let me fight Mauricio &#8216;Shogun&#8217; [Rua], they said Shogun doesn\u2019t want to fight. I said who else is available in the top 10? They said no one was available to fight in the whole top 10. I said who\u2019s available to fight in the whole light heavyweight division? Only Jan Blachowicz said yes so I said give me Jan Blachowicz.\u00a0That\u2019s the reason we\u2019re fighting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1 shot 1 kill. But I got for firepower for days. &#x261d;&#x1f3fe; &#x26fd; &#x26fd;&#x26fd;&#x26fd; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/juYlj3rkyH\">pic.twitter.com\/juYlj3rkyH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POSTERBOYJM\/status\/974285691931815936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI can\u2019t put my finger on it. I can\u2019t understand it. I don\u2019t want to say they\u2019re scared because I don\u2019t know what it is. If they are scared, I\u2019d be shocked because I was once a fan of these people. Shogun is a legend, I\u2019ve got a lot of respect for him. He can do what he wants. I\u2019ll leave Shogun alone. Teixeira, I don\u2019t understand it. I don\u2019t want to say he\u2019s scared but what else can it be? I don\u2019t understand it. At the end of the day I\u2019ve got to solidify my position as the No. 4 ranked fighter in the world. I don\u2019t lack motivation. I have motivation to win. He\u2019s the only fighter that I\u2019ve gone the distance with so I plan to rectify that and get another knockout.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanytt.com\/latest-news\/jimi-manuwa-frustrated-top-10-opponent-accept-fight\/\">Jimi Manuwa speaking to MMA NYTT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now Jimi Manuwa is defending his No. 4 slot in the light heavyweight rankings against former opponent Jan Blachowicz, who is ranked 11th. With a win here, Manuwa will put his foot down to get an opponent more in his hemisphere of the division, but if Blachowicz manages to write the wrongs of his past and get revenge on Manuwa, then he&#8217;ll shoot high up the rankings.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 3\/17\/2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimi Manuwa is really familiar with his opponent tonight at UFC London. He fought Jan Blachowicz back in 2015 to earn a decision win. Since then he&#8217;s only lost to Anthony &#8216;Rumble&#8217; Johnson and the latest light heavyweight title challenger Volkan Oezdemir. 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