Israel Adesanya on his manner to strive to change into two division champion, it is now official! His struggle towards light-heavyweight titleholder Jan Blachowicz was made official for UFC 259.
UFC President Dana White confirmed this final evening to ESPN. UFC 259 can be held on March 6, and also will characteristic the ladies's featherweight title struggle between champion Amanda Nunes and Megan Anderson as a co-main occasion. The room that may host the fightcard stays to be decided.
Israel Adesanya (20-0), nonetheless undefeated in MMA, is on a 9-game profitable streak within the UFC. He's been the Big League middleweight champion since his second-round knockout victory over Robert Whittaker at UFC 243. He later efficiently defended his belt towards Yoel Romero after which Paulo Costa.
Former KSW light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz (27-8) arrived at the UFC in 2014, and had a moderately sluggish begin among the many elite, with 4 losses in his first 6 fights. But the Polish was in a position to reverse the development thereafter, by aligning at least 8 victories in his final 9 appearances within the octagon, and by profitable the vacant belt at UFC 253, defeating Dominick Reyes by TKO within the second spherical. .
He was instantly in favor of this confrontation towards Adesanya, as quickly because the latter talked about it.