Should you nonetheless really feel the identical about it @USMAN84kg,
let’s go. I shall be prepared. https://t.co/hiYf2MvhtK— Jan Blachowicz (@JanBlachowicz)
Might 25, 2024
Kamaru
Usman believes he’s sufficiently big to battle at gentle
heavyweight.
At UFC 276, then-welterweight champ Usman (20-4) squared off with
Jan
Blachowicz (29-10-1) in July 2022. Though competing 35 kilos
aside, “The Nigerian Nightmare” didn’t quit a lot measurement to the
former gentle heavyweight champion. Blachowicz measures two inches
taller whereas additionally holding a two-inch benefit in attain, however
Usman’s final three outings noticed him sq. off towards a 6-foot-2
opponent.
Usman not too long ago introduced up his faceoff with Blachowicz, reiterating
the similarity of their sizes. Whereas Blachowicz is understood to pack
immense energy, Usman nonetheless believes he has the stylistic benefit
excessive Polish contender. In response to Usman, he may deal with
Blachowicz on the toes if he tires him out with grappling.
“You see me. You see my arms subsequent to his,” Usman remarked to
Henry
Cejudo throughout their “Pound 4 Pound Present” on
Thursday. “I used to be like, ‘Yo!’ Everyone was speaking about ‘He’s a
gentle heavyweight’ however I used to be on the market thick on him… I used to be thick on
him, I’m telling you. I wouldn’t have referred to as for 205 kilos if I
didn’t assume at that time that the model favored me and I may do
it.”
Usman continued, “Pay attention, all people’s bought energy when the battle
begins, however you seize their leg, and also you drag him down as soon as, twice,
make him work up and work up, the battle fully modifications. And
that’s precisely what I used to be gonna do. Glover
Teixeira did the very same factor, too… Ultimately, fatigue
makes cowards of us all. So, you put on any person down sufficient, he
may make me appear like Mike Tyson. That’s why I like that
battle.”
Being attentive to Usman’s feedback, Blachowicz referred to as “The Nigerian
Nightmare” out for a lightweight heavyweight conflict.
“Should you nonetheless really feel the identical about it [Kamaru
Usman], let’s go. I shall be prepared,” Blachowicz retorted on
social
media.
Blachowicz hasn’t competed since a break up determination loss to Alex
Pereira at UFC 291 in July 2023. The previous 205-pound champ has
solely received as soon as since dropping his strap to Teixeira in 2021,
prevailing over Aleksandar
Rakic when Rakic injured his knee. The 2 have been slated to run
it again in January, however Blachowicz was pressured out of the UFC 297
pairing when he wanted shoulder surgical procedure. In the meantime, former
170-pound king Usman is on a three-fight droop, with back-to-back
title losses towards Leon
Edwards and an unsuccessful middleweight debut towards Khamzat
Chimaev.
