UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz appeared recently on Submission Radio for a wide-ranging discussion that included former division champ Jon Jones, who left 205 to take a run at heavyweight. Blachowicz won the title by KOing Dominick Reyes at UFC 253, and immediately called out Jones, who expressed interest in a quick return, and had previously expressed interest when he was still champ, after Blachowicz KOed Corey Anderson.
For me, the best would be Jon Jones,” said Blachowicz. “But I think this is not real, it is not gonna happen. So, I think that my next opponent gonna be the winner against Glover Teixeira and Thiago [Santos]. But also, Adesanya is really good. So, we’ll see. I’ll have to wait a little bit. But for me personally, the best would be Jon Jones. He promised me this fight after when I knocked out Corey, and I’m waiting for him. I believe in the future that I catch him somewhere, someday, anywhere.
You see what I did with Dominick. He just escaped because he doesn’t want to lose against me. I understand that. He is afraid and he went to heavyweight.
Yeah, I got the belt, but I just want to beat him, you know, because he never lost. Just one loss, but that was some disqualification, so it doesn’t count. So, I want to be the one who beats him in the 205 division.
We will see, because I think that he is afraid of me and maybe I will never fight against him, because he don’t agree for this fight. So, I don’t know. But that would be nice to be the first one who beat him.
He just wants to escape against the legendary polish power, that’s why he go to heavyweight. He’s afraid of the legendary polish power. This is the answer.
Blachowicz was asked what it feels like to knock out an opponent.
They feel different,” he began. “My opponents feel different. I feel normal. I feel pleasure. But they feel all pain. Or nothing, because they go to sleep. So, ask them, not me. I feel pleasure that I can punch them and knock them out.
Blachowicz also discussed UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, who has expressed interest in moving up and becoming champ champ.
He can try, but he’s gonna go back to his division really fast if he’s gonna do this,” said Blachowicz. “And when he meets me, it’s gonna be the same like against Rockhold.
Everybody thinks they know me. They think I’m an easy fighter. But when cage, Octagon door closes, they feel my power. I’m a completely different fighter. They never fight against someone like me. But I think they have to feel it on their skin. And this is the most simple answer, they just think they know me, but they never fight against someone like me, in the gym, in the sparrings, in the fight.
There is a UFC game on Playstation. So, if he chooses me in this game, then he’s gonna be the best in the 205 division. But not in real life. No way.
