Jan Blachowicz remains to be a bit of salty over his loss to Alex Pereira.
Via 5 fights within the gentle heavyweight division, ‘Poatan’ has seemed rattling close to unstoppable, but when there’s one man who got here near besting the Brazilian boogeyman, it was Blachowicz.
Welcoming Pereira to the division in July 2023, Blachowicz largely leaned on his world-class wrestling, however in the end got here up quick on the scorecards, struggling a razor-close cut up choice loss. Within the eyes of two judges, Pereira’s strike whole of 112 to Blachowicz’s 82 was sufficient to negate the Polish powerhouse’s seven and a half minutes of management time all through the three-round affair.
With Blachowicz set to make his long-awaited return to the Octagon on March 22 when the promotion heads again to London, he has his sights set on an eventual rematch with Pereira.
“It’s good. A lot of things happened over there without me, so I’m a little bit jealous because, you know, they can fight, but not me,” Blachowicz mentioned throughout an look on the Consider You Me podcast with Michael Bisping. “But now I’m back, you know. Yeah, Pereira is a big star right now. He’s in great form in his career, but, you know, he did a great job over there. A lot of experience he gained in these fights. But, you know, I’m ready to beat him again.”
Jan Blachowicz faces a tricky check in his octagon return
However earlier than Blachowicz can get one other crack at Pereira, he’ll must get previous rising gentle heavyweight contender Carlos Ulberg.
After shedding his UFC debut again in 2021, Ulberg has been on an absolute tear, successful seven straight together with 4 first-round finishes over Tafon Nchukwi, Nicolae Negumereanu, Ihor Potiera, and Alonzo Menifield.
For Blachowicz, it’ll be his first time competing since his loss to Alex Pereira at UFC 291.
