UFC Light Heavyweight championship: Jan Blachowicz (c) vs. Israel Adesanya
Cody Stamann locks Song Yadong's leg in their bantamweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC., U.S., December 7, 2019. /VCG Photo The sudden accident didn't influence Song in the second round, where he bled Stamann's nose and put up a good defense against Stamann's takedowns. Fighter Fighting Style Height Weight; Song Yadong: Striker: 5' 8' 136 lbs: Kyler Phillips-5' 8' 136 lbs.
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One of the surprising ways that Conor McGregor changed the game came when he won the lightweight championship while also holding the featherweight belt. Holding one title was no longer enough; now, it was all about becoming champ-champ.
New Zealand's undefeated Israel Adesanya has run through the middleweight division since he arrived in the UFC in 2018 and after three successive title defenses has run out of credible challengers so is moving up from 185 lbs to 205 lbs to face that division's champion, Jan Blachowicz.
It speaks volumes to how dominant Adesanya has been in the UFC that champion Blachowicz comes into this bout as the underdog. A top prospect from KSW, Blachowicz lost four of his first five fights in the UFC and it took him a long time to put his skills together; he did win eight of his next nine, but now he's 38 years old and fighting someone who's almost a decade younger and known for speed.
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His nickname is 'Polish Power' and, as seen against Dominick Reyes, he can knock people out from jab range, the issue will be if he can get close enough to and accurately land on 'Stylebender' Adesanya.