Israel Adesanya vs Jan Blachowicz finally has a date

Dana White has confirmed a date for Israel Adesanya vs Jan Blachowicz which takes place for the UFC light heavyweight title.

White told ESPN on Wednesday that the title fight will take at UFC 259 on March 6th, 2021. This will be a chance for Adesanya to capture his second belt as he looks for a new division to conquer after conquering the middleweight class.

Israel Adesanya will move up to challenge Jan Blachowicz for the light heavyweight title at UFC 259, @danawhite told @bokamotoESPN. pic.twitter.com/FVt5v8BV2o

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) December 31, 2020

The Last Stylebender beat Robert Whittaker to unify the middleweight championship in 2019 and has been unstoppable ever since. He has defended the belt twice, against Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa.

Blachowicz, on the other hand, won the light heavyweight title when Jon Jones vacated the belt. The latter ruled the division for the better part of a decade before deciding to make a move to heavyweight.

The Polish powerhouse brutally knocked out Dominick Reyes to capture the vacant belt, and now faces Adesanya in his first title defence.

Adesanya vs Blachowicz leaves fans furious as Glover Texeira is snubbed

Glover Teixeira is the #1 light heavyweight fighter in the rankings and has won 5 straight fights, including two in 2020.

His two wins this year include a TKO win over Anthony Smith and a win via rear-naked choke over Thiago Santos. Then why is he not fighting Blachowicz for the title?

We honestly don’t know. And fans on Twitter believe that the Brazilian deserves to go head-to-head against the Pole for the belt.

The Adesanya vs Blachowicz fight also has the potential to set up a fight against Jon Jones. ‘Bones’ was the reigning champ before vacating his belt and shared a heated social media rivalry with Adesanya.

Texeira deserves to fight for the title but this is still a great fight

— 𝕮𝔢𝔢l (@ceegan0) December 31, 2020

.@gloverteixeira got shafted

— AJ Pacheco (@fights_hipster) December 31, 2020

@gloverteixeira you deserve this man. We didn’t forget about you. 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

— Casey (@CaseyJ_516) December 31, 2020

I was really hoping to see Glover Teixeira get the first shot at Jan Blachowicz's title but honestly, there's no interesting fights for Izzy at 185 right now. https://t.co/ntAeJLTZDM

— Jace Lyle (@NeoVizion) December 31, 2020

Bummed for @gloverteixeira I guess 5 straight wins and 4 finishes. Plus finishing Thiago Santos and Anthony Smith back to back isn’t good enough. Absolutely disrespectful! https://t.co/7DLx3VYld1

— Scott Trainum (@trainum24) December 31, 2020

https://twitter.com/0marnasr/status/1344473308801110016?s=20

https://twitter.com/HaydenMcDaniel9/status/1344471348182040576?s=20

Glover Teixeira: "Dana, Dana white, come on man"

Dana: pic.twitter.com/aC2ZvfD6Gk

— Amer Noor (@the_knight1997) December 31, 2020

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