In the promotion’s history, there have only been 4 individuals who have held belts in two divisions simultaneously. Conor McGregor was the first to do it and was followed by the likes of Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, and Henry Cejudo. Israel Adesanya was hoping to add his name to the list this evening at the expense of Jan Blachowicz.
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The fight between Jan and ‘Izzy’ was the sixth champion vs champion fight in the UFC. The fighter from the lower weight category was 4-1 throughout history.
‘Izzy‘ started the fight well. In the first two rounds, he controlled the distance and picked Blachowicz apart by staying on the outside. Although Jan landed shots, ‘The Last Stylebender’ was more precise.
However, in rounds three and four, Jan made necessary adjustments. He relied on his wrestling and grappling to claw himself back into the fight. The light heavyweight champion controlled most of the fourth round on top of ‘Izzy’ and repeated that in round 5 to hand ‘Izzy’ his first loss.
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Twitter reacts Jan Blachowicz hands Israel Adesanya his first loss
Game of Thrones star, Maisie Williams, made a bold claim for the main event tonight.
. @stylebender to win by TKO 😤 #UFC259 @ufc
— Maisie Williams (@Maisie_Williams) March 6, 2021
Ardent UFC fan, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson hyped the fans for an epic clash.
Can’t wait I’ll be watching!! @JanBlachowicz @stylebender
Champ vs Champ
Jan is a world shocker. Israel is just a special athlete on that path to 🐐 status. #UFC259
Highly recommend tuning into this one. https://t.co/faTssNKGkJ— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) March 6, 2021
Actor and martial artist, Lewis Tan, took out time to watch UFC 259.
Filming fight scenes with @iko_uwais and watching @ufc in between takes, cant miss this card ! Let’s go @stylebender 🔥🔥 #UFC259
— Lewis Tan (@TheLewisTan) March 7, 2021
Logan Paul took to Twitter to appreciate Israel Adesanya.
always a treat watching Adesanya perform. one of the greatest of this generation #UFC259
— Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) March 7, 2021
Featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski, tweeted in support of his teammate ‘Izzy’.
Here it is…power vs speed!! You know I’m going speed @stylebender all day #UFC259
— Alex Volkanovski (@alexvolkanovski) March 7, 2021
Ryan Frederick scored the round for ‘The Last Stylebender’.
10-9 Adesanya, nothing much happened and it was a very technical round #UFC259
— Ryan Frederick (@ryanjfrederick) March 7, 2021
Aaron Bronsteter had it 2-0 to Adesanya after round two.
20-18 Adesanya after two
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) March 7, 2021
Nick Baldwin also felt Adesanya was ahead after two rounds.
Close round. 20-18 Adesanya.
— Nick Baldwin (@NickBaldwinMMA) March 7, 2021
Jon Jones hinted at a possible fight against Israel Adesanya with his tweet.
December is going to be great #UFC259
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021
NFL superstar, Kyler Murray, tweeted in support of Adesanya.
Israel Adesanya… LFG! #UFC259
— Kyler Murray (@K1) March 7, 2021
Cameron Jordan commented on the close nature of the fight.
This that fight!!! #UFC259
— cameron jordan (@camjordan94) March 7, 2021
Jon Jones tweeted in spite of his rival Adesanya.
Can’t wait to make this bitch eat his words
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021
Yeah never mind, that’s not even worth my time
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021
Ariel Helwani had the fight 2-2 going into round 5
Massive 4th round for Blachowicz. The size finally came into play.
I have it 2-2 going into round 5.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 7, 2021
Artist, Zayn Malik, urged Israel Adesanya to unleash his inner Super Saiyan in round five.
Come the **** on !!! Super SAIYAN time!! 🔥 @ufc @stylebender #ufc259
— zayn (@zaynmalik) March 7, 2021
Marvin Vettori tweeted about the fight. It was clear that he wanted a rematch against Israel.
Can’t wait to fuckin meet this bitch again
— Marvin Vettori (@MarvinVettori) March 7, 2021
Cody Garbrandt tweeted in awe of both men and their performances.
Congrats to @JanBlachowicz and hats off to @stylebender for attempting what a few have ever done. It’s all about taking chances in this life! Thank you gentlemen!
— Cody Garbrandt (@Cody_Nolove) March 7, 2021
Francis Ngannou tweeted in support of his friend Israel Adesanya.
Izzy is still the winner in my eyes 🤷♂️.
Well done Champ that was a great performance👑 and tell you what, not many people would've taken this fight.#WakandaForever #UFC259— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) March 7, 2021
Dominick Reyes appreciated Jan Blachowicz for an impressive display.
Congrats to Jan hell of a performance way to put on for the division ! #ufc259
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) March 7, 2021
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