Jan Blachowicz beats Dominic Reyes to become UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, calls Jon Jones out

Archie Blade | 27/09/2020
Jan Blachowicz beats Dominic Reyes to become UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, calls Jon Jones out

Jan Blachowicz beats Dominic Reyes to become UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, calls Jon Jones out. The title had been vacant since Jones moved to the Heavyweight division.

The 205lb division has a new king in Jan Blachowicz, after he beat Dominick Reyes by TKO in the second round to claim the vacant UFC light heavyweight title Saturday night in the co-main event of UFC 253 at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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The co-main event proved to be a rather short affair with Blachowicz getting the better of Dominick Reyes in round one by utilizing a barrage of kicks. By round two, he connected a short left hand which put ‘The Devastator’ out cold to end the fight.

Jan Blachowicz beats Dominic Reyes to become UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, calls Jon Jones out

“This is nothing new for me,” Blachowicz said after his win at UFC 253. “It’s just fun. Soon I’m going to be a father, this is what I’m afraid of the most but also really happy. I was ready for everything. Abu Dhabi is made for me.”

“Jon Jones, where are you?” Blachowicz shouted at the former champion. “I’m here. This is how we do it in Poland. I’m waiting for you.”


Dominick Reyes was returning to action for the first time since suffering a controversial decision loss to Jon Jones in his original bid for the title at UFC 247. Jan Blachowicz on the other hand entered tonight’s UFC 253 on a three-fight win streak. His last match was a first round knockout victory over Corey Anderson this past February.

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Archie Blade

Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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