Jan Blachowicz faces Alex Pereira in UFC 291’s co-main event Saturday, and he believes the winner will fight for the vacant light heavyweight title.
Half a month before Jan Blachowicz’s last fight in December, UFC light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka suffered an injury outside the cage and opted to vacate the title.
Last time the division’s champ relinquished the belt, Blachowicz was already scheduled to face Magomed Ankalaev the same night Prochazka was to defend his throne in a rematch against Glover Teixeira. By now, it seems the UFC opted against an immediate title fight to stick a belt around someone’s waist, meaning Blachowicz versus Pereira would proceed as the originally planned, three-round contest before lightweight headliners Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje vie for the nominal BMF title go at it in Utah.
“He was a world champion in kickboxing, so I have to be careful,” says Blachowicz, who turned 40 earlier this year, “but I want to try my stand-up against him in the cage. … I am curious how I’m gonna feel [against] his stand-up, how I’m gonna feel against him. But if I’m gonna feel bad, if I take too many punches, OK, let’s go, let’s do wrestling.”Pereira , is essentially an MMA neophyte.
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