Jan Blachowicz made good on his prediction for the UFC 253 c0-main event, as the veteran fighter took out Dominick Reyes to win the vacant, light heavyweight title.
Round one
Both men came out throwing leg kicks. Not long in, Reyes grazed Blachowicz with a huge left. Blachowicz came with a combo a couple of minutes in, but the volume was relatively small early on. Blachowicz planted another kick to the lead leg of Reyes. Blachowicz threatened with a hard left hook and followed up with a combo moments later. The right side of Reyes’ body had a much red mark from taking a body kick.
Round two
Reyes came out more aggressively to begin round two. Blachowicz resumed his pressuring, but neither man was throwing much. A couple minutes in, the light heavyweights picked up the pace. Reyes fired a nice combo several minutes in and just missed with a head kick. Reyes started throwing more kicks but Blachowicz responded with several hard hooks. Reyes’ nose was bloodied by one of the punches (actually, it looks broken).
Moments later, Blachowicz wobbled Reyes badly with a huge hook and as he followed up, the right was stopped. Wow. Reyes protested the stoppage but Blachowicz is the new light heavyweight champ.
After the bout, Blachowicz called out Jon Jones by saying he’s “waiting” for the former champ.
UFC 253 results
Here are the results so far for UFC 253, which is going down on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.
Jan Blachowicz def. Dominick Reyes via TKO (punches) R2, 4:36
Brandon Royval def. Kai Kara-France via submission (guillotine choke) R2, 0:48
Ketlen Vieira def. Sijara Eubanks via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Hakeem Dawodu def. Zubaira Tukhugov via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
Brad Riddell def. Alex da Silva via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jake Matthews def. Diego Sanchez via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
Ludovit Klein def. Shane Young via KO (strikes) R1, 1:16
William Knight def. Aleksa Camur (206) via unanimous decision (29-28-30-27, 30-27)
Juan Espino def. Jeff Hughes via submission (arm-triangle) R1, 3:48
Danilo Marques def. Khadis Ibragimov via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
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