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Poland's Blachowicz produced
a controlled, calculated performance to hand middleweight champion Israel
Adesanya the first defeat of his MMA career.
Blachowicz and Adesanya
traded shots through the first three rounds, with the faster, sharper Adesanya
appearing to edge the action heading into the championship rounds.
But Blachowicz, 38, switched
gears in rounds four and five and turned to his wrestling as he took the
31-year-old to the canvas midway through each of the final two rounds, and
didn't let the Nigerian-born Kiwi back to his feet as he dominated the action
on the canvas.
After the bout went the
distance, the three octagonside judges each scored the fight for the Pole, with
Blachowicz registering the first defence of his title with scores of 49-46,
49-45, 49-45.
"It was a tough fight,
it was a close fight," Blachowicz said. "I'm happy I can be the first
to beat him. He's one of the best in the world. I had to defend the division
and I did it.
"I proved I'm a true
champion. Now I will celebrate. We have a whole fridge of beer. We are going to
start drinking and I don't know when we will finish."
Credit: www.bbc.co.uk
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