{"id":22222,"date":"2020-02-14T07:06:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T07:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=22222"},"modified":"2020-02-14T07:06:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T07:06:38","slug":"blachowicz-out-to-steal-andersons-title-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=22222","title":{"rendered":"Blachowicz Out To Steal Anderson\u2019s Title Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><small>Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC\/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n<p>I think it may be hard for some fans to take Jan Blachowicz seriously when he talks about fighting Jon Jones for the light heavyweight title, because the power-punching Pole must first get through fellow 205-pound contender, Corey Anderson, in the UFC Fight Night 167 main event this Sat. night (Feb. 15, 2020) in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"actionbox\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"title\":\"&lt;a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"http:\/\/go.web.plus.espn.com\/c\/482924\/595608\/9070?sharedid=MMAMania\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watch UFC Fight Night 167 On ESPN+ Here!&lt;\/strong&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;\",\"description\":\"Stream all of &ldquo;Anderson vs. Blachowicz&rdquo;-led fights LIVE from Rio Rancho for just $4.99 &mdash; don&rsquo;t miss a single second of face-punching action!\",\"label\":\"&lt;strong&gt;SIGN UP NOW!&lt;\/strong&gt;\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/go.web.plus.espn.com\/c\/482924\/595608\/9070?sharedid=MMAMania\"}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>That&rsquo;s the same Anderson who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2015\/9\/6\/9264307\/ufc-191-results-recap-jan-blachowicz-vs-corey-anderson-fight-review\">dominated Blachowicz<\/a> when they first went to war at the UFC 191 pay-per-view (PPV) event roughly four years back in Las Vegas. &ldquo;Overtime&rdquo; was 4-4 in takedowns and landed 156 blows, most of them from the top.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have jet lag (this time),&rdquo; Blachowicz told <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/02\/jan-blachowicz-ufc-rio-rancho-title-shot-jon-jones-corey-anderson-rematch\">MMA Junkie<\/a>. &ldquo;My body is good because in our first fight, after two minutes of the fight I was completely exhausted, but I was able to go until the end of the fight, so it&rsquo;s also some kind of substance for me. But now I&rsquo;m good. I came to Rio Rancho more than two weeks ago, no jet lag. But this time it&rsquo;s going to be a completely different fight. But I think Corey is going to do the exact same. He&rsquo;s going to try to use his boxing to take me down and control me from the top.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This is more than just a shot at revenge. The winner of the UFC Fight Night 167 headliner sits atop a very short list of 205-pound title contenders. Based on history, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/11\/3\/20946965\/dana-white-was-not-impressed-with-corey-andersons-crybaby-bulls-t-during-ufc-244-fight-week\">the amount of noise coming from Anderson<\/a>, mixed martial arts (MMA) fans are expecting &ldquo;Overtime&rdquo; to grind his way to a Jon Jones fight later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Safe to say Blachowicz doesn&rsquo;t like being overlooked.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"X-Factor! Some UFC &lsquo;Rio Rancho&rsquo; Main Card Predictions \",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/2\/12\/21130856\/ufc-fight-night-167-main-card-predictions-xfactor-anderson-blachowicz-2-rio-rancho-mma\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&ldquo;I think he doesn&rsquo;t have respect for me,&rdquo; Blachowicz said. &ldquo;He beat me in an easy way in our first fight, but after this fight he changed opinion about me. I&rsquo;ll try to teach him respect in the fight. The best way for me would be to knock him out, then I will be next for the title shot.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Blachowicz (No. 6) is currently ranked one spot below Anderson (No. 5) in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/2\/12\/21134579\/ufc-247-dominick-reyes-boots-jorge-masvidal-pound-for-pound-rankings-controversial-loss-jon-jones\">official light heavyweight rankings<\/a>. Fortunately for both competitors, contenders 1-4 have already lost to Jones and the promotion is likely to favor new blood over immediate rematches.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would like to be the first guy to beat Jon Jones,&rdquo; Blachowicz said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/2\/13\/21133538\/jan-blachowicz-wants-to-avenge-his-loss-to-corey-anderson-then-be-the-first-guy-to-beat-jon-jones\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). &ldquo;My wrestling is much better than when (Anderson) fought the first time. He&rsquo;s going to fight a completely different fighter. The pressure is going to be on his side. I cannot wait. I believe and I feel inside me that I got Corey Anderson because I never lose a rematch.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;ll find out in roughly 48 hours.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"Latest Odds, Betting Guide For UFC &lsquo;Rio Rancho&rsquo;\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/2\/12\/21134295\/ufc-fight-night-167-odds-latest-vegas-lines-online-anderson-blachowicz-rio-rancho-sportsbook-mma\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Fight Night 167 fight card <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/2\/11\/21133558\/ufc-fight-night-167-live-stream-results-anderson-vs-blachowicz-play-by-play-updates-rio-rancho-mma\"><strong>RIGHT HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>, starting with the <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/go.web.plus.espn.com\/c\/482924\/595608\/9070?sharedid=MMAMania\"><strong>ESPN+<\/strong><\/a><strong> &ldquo;Prelims&rdquo; undercard bouts at 5 p.m. ET, followed by the <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/go.web.plus.espn.com\/c\/482924\/595608\/9070?sharedid=MMAMania\"><strong>ESPN+<\/strong><\/a><strong> main card start time at 8 p.m. ET.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the rest of the UFC Rio Rancho fight card and <a href=\"http:\/\/go.web.plus.espn.com\/c\/482924\/595608\/9070?sharedid=MMAMania\">ESPN+<\/a> line up click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/12\/26\/21037908\/latest-ufc-fight-night-167-fight-card-rumors-anderson-vs-blachowicz-espn-feb-15-rio-rancho-mma\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><ins class=\"adbladeads\" data-cid=\"25014-4024605408\" data-host=\"web.adblade.com\" data-tag-type=\"4\" style=\"display:none\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/web.adblade.com\/js\/ads\/async\/show.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC\/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images I think it may be hard for some fans to take Jan Blachowicz seriously when he talks about fighting Jon Jones for the light heavyweight title, because the power-punching Pole must first get through fellow 205-pound contender, Corey Anderson, in the UFC Fight Night 167 main [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22222"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}