{"id":369653,"date":"2020-11-30T05:59:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T13:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=369653"},"modified":"2020-11-30T05:59:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T13:59:41","slug":"jack-hermansson-explains-why-he-is-pulling-for-israel-adesanya-against-jan-blachowicz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jack-hermansson-explains-why-he-is-pulling-for-israel-adesanya-against-jan-blachowicz\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Hermansson explains why he is pulling for Israel Adesanya against Jan Blachowicz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight Jack Hermansson has explained why he would like to see Israel Adesanya defeat Jan Blachowicz for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Hermansson is set to step back into the Octagon on Saturday night for the first time since his win over Kelvin Gastelum on Fight Island. &#8220;The Joker&#8221; was set to face both Darren Till and Kevin Holland before they were forced to pull out, and now, he&#8217;s square off against fellow European star Marvin Vettori.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/exclusive-jack-hermansson-hopes-stylebender-beats-blachowicz-it-would-be-cool-to-dethrone-the-double-champ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LowKickMMA<\/a>, Hermansson turned his attention towards Adesanya&#8217;s proposed move up to 205 pounds.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jack Hermansson Explains Why He Wants &#039;Stylebender&#039; To Beat Jan Blachowicz\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vFtr8qcsrZU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit early but I think it\u2019s OK,\u201d Hermansson said of Adesanya fighting Blachowicz. \u201cAs long as Adesanya wins and comes down and defends his belt pretty quickly in the middleweight division \u2013 then it\u2019s all good. But if he loses the fight and loses his hype that wouldn\u2019t be good because I really want to fight him when he is undefeated. It would be cool to dethrone the double champ. So, hopefully he wins and he comes down to defend his belt pretty quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe still needs a couple more title defences to really get up there [as the middleweight GOAT]. But, I think he is amazing,\u201d Hermansson said. \u201cHe is a really, really skilled fighter. I want to see him fight a great grappler like myself and see how he handles the ground game because nobody has been able to put him there yet and exploit him. I really believe I am the toughest match-up for him in the division, let\u2019s see if he can go through me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the hype surrounding Adesanya&#8217;s unbeaten record, the man himself <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-on-undefeated-record-i-know-i-can-be-beat\/\">isn&#8217;t afraid to admit<\/a> that he knows he can be defeated.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Jack Hermansson can earn a crack at Israel Adesanya with a big win in his next fight?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight Jack Hermansson has explained why he would like to see Israel Adesanya defeat Jan Blachowicz for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. Hermansson is set to step back into the Octagon on Saturday night for the first time since his win over Kelvin Gastelum on Fight Island. &#8220;The Joker&#8221; was set to face both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":311587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39449,44837,22445,39610],"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>Jack Hermansson explains why he is pulling for Israel Adesanya against Jan Blachowicz | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC middleweight Jack Hermansson has explained why he would like to see Israel Adesanya defeat Jan Blachowicz.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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