{"id":366521,"date":"2020-11-02T08:30:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=366521"},"modified":"2020-11-02T08:30:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:30:07","slug":"israel-adesanya-reacts-to-jan-blachowicz-super-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-reacts-to-jan-blachowicz-super-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya reacts to Jan Blachowicz super fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has shared his initial thoughts on his upcoming fight with light heavyweight champ Jan Blachowicz.<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya and Blachowicz have recently <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jan-blachowicz-on-potential-israel-adesanya-fight-its-gonna-be-the-same-like-with-rockhold\/\">expressed interest<\/a> in fighting each other, and over the weekend, UFC President Dana White confirmed the matchup is going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/j8t-eY7JKsY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submission Radio<\/a> shortly thereafter, Adesanya reacted to this exciting challenge.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Israel Adesanya Confirms Jan Blachowicz as Next Fight: &quot;It&#039;s Official... I&#039;m Moving Up to 205&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j8t-eY7JKsY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s official,&#8221; Adesanya said. &#8220;I guess Dana broke the news, so yeah, I\u2019m going up to 205, and I\u2019m gonna snatch that 205 strap. Respectfully.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After confirming the fight as official, Adesanya broke down the matchup with the light heavyweight champion, and explained why he prefers the challenge to a rematch with former UFC middleweight champ Robert Whittaker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith Jan, he\u2019s a good fighter, he\u2019s solid on the ground, he\u2019s awkward on the feet, very dangerous, and he poses a lot of problems,&#8221; Adesanya said. &#8220;The Whittaker fight wouldn\u2019t get me hard. This gets me hard. Like, this is like, alright, let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe\u2019s dangerous on the ground, he\u2019s awkward on the feet, got that Legendary Polish Power,&#8221; Adesanya added. &#8220;But yeah, everyone\u2019s got power, right? I mean, it\u2019s something I proved in my last fight. I told y\u2019all. You have to delivery that power somehow, you have to get it to the target. I\u2019m not the easiest target to hit&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya has long been linked to a fight with Jon Jones, who vacated the light heavyweight title earlier this year. While he claims his focus is currently glued to Blachowicz, he says it will be satisfying to do something Jones never did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a big f**k you to him, just to be like, I did something you couldn\u2019t,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I mean, he cleared the division of the light heavyweight twice over and then started fighting recycled middleweights. So, don\u2019t come at me talking about \u2018move up in weight and fight\u2019 when you can\u2019t even do the same thing after over 10 years in the company. So, I\u2019m actually about to do it. It\u2019s a good fight for me to do it with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these comments from Israel Adesanya?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has shared his initial thoughts on his upcoming fight with light heavyweight champ Jan Blachowicz. Adesanya and Blachowicz have recently expressed interest in fighting each other, and over the weekend, UFC President Dana White confirmed the matchup is going to happen. Speaking on Submission Radio shortly thereafter, Adesanya reacted to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":362519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39449,22445,10091,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Israel Adesanya reacts to Jan Blachowicz super fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has shared his initial thoughts on his upcoming fight with light heavyweight champ Jan Blachowicz.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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