Jan Blachowicz

2022 - 12 - 10

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UFC 282 live updates: Jan Błachowicz vs. Magomed Ankalaev news ... (The Athletic)

The final pay-per-view of 2022 will feature a clash for the recently vacated light heavyweight championship, as former titleholder Jan Błachowicz takes on ...

Błachowicz and Ankalaev both spend the opening five minutes fighting contained. Counter hooks have landed but no combinations yet. Might be enough to swing the scoring round towards Ankalaev, although Błachowicz is winning the eye test with the leg kicks. As Bruce Buffer read the scorecards, Błachowicz could be seen pointing to Ankalaev and dipping his head in acceptance of his assumed loss. A round spent in top position also kept Ankalaev off his damaged legs. Per ring announcer Bruce Buffer, the scorecards read 48-47 Błachowicz, 48-46 Ankalaev and 47-47.

UFC 282 results, highlights: Jan Blachowicz, Magomed Ankalaev ... (CBSSports.com)

The five-round battle ended in an unsatisfactory manner after many believed Ankalaev had done enough to win.

Pimblett with a nice shot to the body, Gordon responded with a left to the head and knee to the body. Pimblett hit a low kick and Gordon returned fire with a one-two. A huge step in left hook landed for Gordon but Pimblett was unphased. Pimblett immediately took the center, landed a body kick and threw one to the head. Gordon landed a takedown and took the back but was too high and slipped off. Ankalaev pressed forward and landed a decent left straight from the southpaw stance. And now it's time for the final fight of the night. Both guys threw simultaneously with Ankalaev landing a nice right hand on the exit. Ankalaev isolated Blachowicz's leg with a grapevine and softened Ankalaev up with punches. Ankalaev landed a nice overhand right but Blachowicz responded with a hard body kick and more leg strikes. Ankalaev closed the round with a few hard punches. The impact landed by Ankalaev was more severe in the fifth round than it was in the fourth.

Twitter reacts to Jan Blachowicz vs. Magomed Ankalaev split draw in ... (MMA Junkie)

See the top Twitter reactions to Jan Blachowicz fighting Magomed Ankalaev to a split draw in their vacant title fight in the UFC 282 main event.

what a disaster. a split draw in the main. So is Ankalaev. And a body jab. [December 11, 2022] And another. Ankalaev pops the jab and eats another low kick.

Jan Blachowicz, Magomed Ankalaev fight to split draw at UFC 282 (ESPN)

Jan Blachowicz appeared to concede defeat to Magomed Ankalaev, but the UFC light heavyweight title will remain vacant after the judges scored the bout a ...

"I have to watch the fight, but for sure I didn't win," Blachowicz said. The draw interrupted a nine-fight winning streak for Ankalaev. Eventually, Blachowicz appeared to get fatigued from the grappling and spent much of the final two rounds off his back. [Jiri Prochazka](https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/3156612/jiri-prochazka) to injury in November. In fact, Ankalaev would have lost the bout were it not for a dominant fifth round. [Jan Blachowicz](https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2506250/jan-blachowicz) (29-9-1) and [Magomed Ankalaev](https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/4273399/magomed-ankalaev) (18-1-1) fought to a five-round split draw in the main event Saturday inside T-Mobile Arena.

UFC 282: Magomed Ankalaev-Jan Blachowicz title fight ends in ... (Yahoo Sports)

The UFC ordered Ankalaev and Blachowicz to fight for the vacant belt and it appeared that Ankalaev had done enough to win. But the judges' couldn't agree ...

Jan Błachowicz vs. Magomed Ankalaev Ends in Split Draw at UFC ... (Bleacher Report)

After five hard-fought rounds between JanBłachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 282, the judges declared a split draw and the light heavyweight championship ...

The plan is to fight the winner. They can take someone not even ranked to fight for the title because it's their company. He controlled most of the fourth and fifth rounds with his ground game, slowly accumulating damage and making his case to take the title. Now there is no winner to fight. An already intriguing fight became even more interesting when Ankalaev finally got his first takedown in the third round. The result throws the light heavyweight division into even more chaos.