Israel Adesanya lost his design at the lightweight title in the main event at UFC 259, when he got out with Jan Blachowicz.
That meant ‘The Last Stylebender’ failed in its bid to become a rare two-division UFC fan.
In a recent interview with ESPN, Israel Adesanya spoke of the regrets in his fight against Jan Blachowicz.
The UFC middleweight champion said he would have been better off if he had visited a few special opportunities instead of being cautious. Speaking about his two moments of remorse late in the fight, Israel Adesanya told Ariel Helwani:
My biggest regret from the fight … There were two situations I felt I should have taken advantage of, and I wasn’t because… couldn’t I took advantage of them because I felt like he was jumping on me. That is all I can say about it. So I didn’t make much use of it, but in hindsight, I should have been killed anyway, or I should have taken action anyway because he was tired too. Yeah Al that sounds pretty crap to me, Looks like BT aint for me either. But yeah, I think that’s my biggest regret about the fight, just not pulling the trigger in those two main moments in the fourth and fifth rounds. I didn’t pull the trigger, yes, ”laments Israel Adesanya.
What surprised Israel Adesanya at UFC 259?
Israel Adesanya joined the Octagon as a popular against Jan Blachowicz in the champions matchup.
While Israel Adesanya did not disparage Jan Blachowicz in any way, there were certainly a few things that caught ‘Izzy’. In this regard, while contributing to Blachowicz’s defense, Israel Adesanya told Ariel Helwani:
Her patience. Her patience surprised me, I’ll give you that. Reputation for him, his patience, he took his time. He did not do what I expected him to do from the fights he had done before. Cause they’re tough; they would know for sure … like, ‘You can’t rip this guy. It will catch you. You can’t just tear up this guy who’s going to grab you. So he took his time and made a blitz in very few minutes, without thinking so much. And his defense, his defense was very good too. “