Nigerian UFC fighter Israel Adesanya has suffered his first mixed martial arts loss to Pole Jan Blachowicz in the UFC 259 in Las Vegas.
Israel Adesanya had intended to beat the legend as he aims to become the fifth fighter in UFC history to become a two-weight champion simultaneously.
The Nigerian had stepped into the octagon against Jan Blachowicz, the light-heavyweight title-holder, in a bid to add to his middleweight championship honours.
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The Pole is bigger, more experienced, and older, but Isreal Adesanya had said none of these qualities trouble him.
With his defeat, the “Stylebender” fails to join Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes and Henry Cejudo as one of just five fighters in UFC history to hold titles in two divisions simultaneously.
Blachowicz defeated Adesanya 49-46, 49-45, 49-45 to remain the light heavyweight champion.
However, the Polish fighter, Jan Blachowicz, has said that his opponent Israel Adesanya was slower than he had expected in their fight on Sunday at the APEX Arena in Las Vegas.
In an interview after the fight, where Blachowicz earned a victory by scores of 49-46, 49-45 and 49-45, the Polish fighter said, “I thought that he would be a little bit faster, but he doesn’t hit so hard
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“He was slower, but he hit harder, this was something I don’t expect. I should do my left hand a little bit more, I should do more jabs, put more pressure on him. But game plan is one, and fight is second, a different thing.”
In the first three rounds, both men minimised mistakes and scrambled to find their stance but Blachowicz bulldozes his way into a dominant mounting position in the fourth and fifth rounds.
Israel Adesanya had intended to burnish the legend as he aimed to become the fifth fighter in UFC history to become a two-weight champion simultaneously.
With his defeat, the “Stylebender” has failed in his recent bid to join Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, and Henry Cejudo as one of the five fighters in UFC history to hold titles in two divisions simultaneously.
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