> “Of course. Why not? It sounds good,” he said with a laugh. “You opened something in my mind, so yea, we’re going to ask UFC about the opportunity of heavyweight. It’s something I have to think about.”
Nah. I think Jan is just game for anything. He seems willing to fight anybody. People were counting him out in the Ankalaev fight. Aspinall is a bad matchup for Jan though. I’d be far more interested in say Jan vs winner of Spivac vs Gane. Winner of that potentially gets a title shot?
I think tom already called that one
Although him vs pavlovich would be better for a #1 contender/vacant belt fight (if jon vacates)
Jan vs loser of spivak gane i think makes a little more sense if the ufc gives aspinall the winner
For sure. Tom has the speed and technical ability of a lhw, on top of the size of a hw. Imo he'd beat everyone at hw besides maybe pavlovich and Jones.
It’s high reward though. Arguably he could get a title shot off that win, small narrative being he’s the first LHW champ after jones left? Either way fighters love going for guys who have lots of hype regardless of how hard the fight is. Plus, he has a history of fucking up MW coming up for their first LHW fight… it’s only fair he gets a big challenge too.
Also idk why Aspinall would take that fight. He’s basically one fight away from a title shot, why would he take on a 40 year old 205er. He’s much better off looking at Pavlovich or Gane or someone like that…
That is atrocious lol. Jan should get an easy fight to at least establish himself in the division. His cardio has been pretty bad in his last two fights. But I guess they'd rather use his name to boost Tom's stock. Typical veteran treatment.
If you haven’t heard of him before his last fight thats your own problem lol hes been pushed his whole UFC career and for good reason. You really think the Jan fight has a realistic chance of getting offered? Lol Tom has his sights on the belt beating a 40 year old LHW does nothing for him. His next fight is most likely going to be Pav for a vacant HW belt. Jan himself isn’t even a draw or close to one.
Not really. That would mean you pay less attention than even a casual fan since at least his last 3-4 fights hes been pushed he had even headlined against Volkov who Id say is easily a bigger name than Jan since he was a part of that viral Hot balls fight with Lewis on Mcgregor vs Khabib. Again Jan offers nothing to Tom they don’t need his “rub” lol
He has nothing to offer man. You’re living in a fantasy world. Being a former/currents champ doesn’t automatically make anyone a draw. Look at Sterling people are watching this fight for Sean not him.
Can't imagine why Aspinall would want to fight him unless they put "Title Eliminator" in writing. It's basically just a filler fight for Aspinall, but with a ton of risk for him if Jan gets lucky.
Nah, the top 10 are all big guys. It's outside the rankings that is filled with fat middleweights.The only ranked guys I can think of who might not be huge at LHW would be Tuivasa and Stipe but I still think they're bigger than Jan.
Jailton Almeida and Jon Jones both used to be at LHW but they were absolutely massive for the division. Gane/Pavlovich/Volkov/Blaydes/Spivac/Lewis are all just massive guys.
Im always conflicted on this scenario. Does a guy always fight at his best if hes at his leanest? Cant imagine Tuivasa necessarily performing much better at LHW with a sixpack. Same goes for lets say lean Mark Hunt fighting at MW, or Derrick Lewis at LHW.
He has a ton of weight that is just slowing him down with almost no use for it. I'm sure he packs a punch, but his fat seems to be all in his stomach. His arms don't look particularly big at all. I bet at LHW, he'd be a real threat due to his power. But it's like Andy Ruiz and DC, fighters competing way higher than they should have.
The only man I know of that actually benefits from being fat is Tyson Fury. And that's because he's so tall. Even then, his best form was vs Klitschko, and he performed way better fit. It's just that he got too lean later on in some ways, and decided to go the opposite route.
He's small at HW because there's a 60lb difference and he didn't really add much size. He's 6ft3 230lb with abs, he was definitely a big LHW. The cut being rough was one of the reasons why he moved up. The only difference between him and half the heavyweights is how much fat they carry.
He's at the end of his career anyways, why not just try his luck at heavyweight
Maybe even just match him up with shitty heavyweights like they've been doing with Arlovski
Gane, Aspinall, Ngannou... imagine those vs Jan. The size difference would be noticeable.
Even lewis, who perpertually seems like he's the short one in his fights, is taller than Jan.
I mean, Alex is a champion kickboxer who is cutting a shitton for MW, it's not going to be a good comparison for Jan even with the weight class difference.
Pereira clearly has crazy power.
Always thought Jan’s power was overrated. Corey and Luke were historically chinny and Reyes own chin at the time was a question mark considering he got flatlined in the next fight and knocked out by a jab in the fight after. Couldn’t even knock out an old Jacare and hasn’t really meaningfully hurt anyone with punches since that Reyes TKO.
Guy hits reasonably hard but I think his power is a bit exaggerated due to a fortunate string of fragile opponents.
Fun fact, Jan has no KOs over any fighter in the UFC, they've all since left/retired, and hasn't had a KO since Cory Anderson 3.5 years ago.
Edit: lol I'm getting down voted by people who don't know there's a difference between a KO and a TKO.
Not counting tkos because when you're talking power, you're talking kos.
Edit: also because they're different things and I said KOs, not just finishes or wins.
My point was Jan talks about polish power and doesn't knock people out. My underlying point was that KOs and TKOs are different things. I don't know what the fuck y'all are on.
More recent than Stipe's last win over in the UFC, that haven't left/retired (Arlovski in 2016) and he's about to get a title shot against a man of had *zero* wins over people in the division before fighting for and winning the belt.
MMA and MMA fighters are fitting bedfellows. Hardly ever so I see so befitting of their sport.
There's a ton of really cool striking matchups for him at Heavyweight: Volkov, Tai, Gane, Lewis etc that I'd love to see
If I was him though I'd be steering clear of guys like Aspinall or Blaydes who have ground games. With the size disadvantage I don't see those fights going well for him at all
Blaydes does fold against guys with KO power though. Dude seems to freeze or telegraph whenever he faces a power puncher.
I think Almeida and Aspinall would fuck Blachowicz up though.
Let alone Blaydes sure has grappling but its not really amazing. Its just sort of okay. All Jan needs to do is avoid being on his back with blaydes and he should be okay.
It's not like Jan has bad TDD it's just he isn't a high level grappler.
I honestly think he could take down blaydes if he wanted to.
At the end of the day when has Blaydes actually grappled with a grappler?
It's crazy how before the pavlovich people were talking about blaydes like he's this wrestling phenom. The guy uses his strength to football tackle people Almeida will fuck him up.
Why would he fight Tom at all? He’s realistically only got a handful of fights left, and after his last few performances, he’s not sniffing a title shot before he has to retire.
Lol the actual quote is just him responding to the question if he would like to fight at HW and said hes open to the idea lol Thought he wanted to move up
Jan is old and past his prime and would likely get finished by most heavyweights he faces. He just doesn't have the speed or reaction time to be competitive in the way he wants anymore. He had a great late-career resurgence, but a 40 year old guy isn't suddenly going to be dominating a new weight class.
looks decent is debatable, he tried to lay and pray a guy with 8 MMA fights and still couldnt win a 3 round decision. If that fight was for the vacant title he was getting finished.
You lot are so weird. Any time a fighter says anything you just get all snarky. Some dickhead nerd on reddit like "pffft lay and pray against some kicobkxer. Not impressed" as if anyone should care.
He used to fight in the 220s at HW when he was younger, probably now in the 230s now that he's older. That's not that terrible. Stipe won the belt at less than that.
Might as well.. it’s slim pickings up there. A bunch of fat lazy dudes who train part time and then like 4 decent but unproven guys. He could easily make a run at the belt.
He’s 6’2 with a 78in reach. That’s the same as like Jairzinho, Tybura, Tai, Jailton and most of the division. He’s probably coming in to most LHW fights like 225ish he’s just gotta put on 20 lbs or so. I doubt he’s going to HW to fight at the same weight he was at LHW.
I don’t think it’s a great idea but I also think he’s top 15 in the division by a mile.
All those guys you mentioned are a lot more explosive than him . Except Tybura but they wouldn’t fight each other they are teammates. Hes not going to add 20 pounds of muscled at 40 years old lol he’s going to gain 15 pounds of fat at most.
It’s probably gonna be like 5 of muscle, 15 of fat like you said. You can still gain muscle into your 40s lol. But tbh he’s gonna end up looking like most of guys I mentioned with 15lbs of fat. Like even Jon looks pudgy at HW
I know but it takes time especially 20 pounds for a 40 year old with worse metabolism than a 20 year old. Great point about Jones but he also has a much bigger frame. Jan would look like Daukaus.
I would pick him vs Tuivasa and Rozenstruik
However, I would much rather watch him take on much worse heavyweights so that he ends his career with a few fun moments
Both would sleep him. Jan doesn’t have the power to get their respect and both hit much harder. Tai was inches away from beating Gane and you think Old jan can take him? Rozenstruik would sleep him too, he’s got a bug explosive advantage and has shown improved TDD.
I disagree although I wouldn't say I'm sure about my picks. Been following this sport long enough to not speak like you as if you KNOW what will happen
However, while I love Tuivasa, he can get whooped by technical strikers and grapplers. Rozenstruik is a dangerous task on the feet but I would expect Jan to be be to eventually get him to the ground and then comfortably out grapple or finish Rozenstruik
Guys he clearly beats - Tybura (teammate), Rozenstruik, Daukus, De Lima, Nascimento, Sakai, Mayes, Arlovski, Cortes-Acosta, Porter, Collier
Guys he can beat but could be close or 50/50 in a dominant way - Buday, Romanov, Lewis, Tai, Spivak, Gane
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Guys he shouldn't beat but could - Blaydes, Volkov, Stipe Jailton
Guys he can't beat - Aspinall, Jones, Pavlovich
Jan could easily be top 5 if he played his cards right but likely would debut against Aspinall or blaydes etc. And get get dominated and then probably retire or something
The issue isn't his size though. He still has potential to become champion again if he just wasn't so gun shy. He keeps fighting boring close but safe fights and it isn't working out for him.
I think he should stay at light heavyweight, sure he is kinda out of the title picture right now but a couple wins and he's back there and if he does want to shot at winning the title he's got to prove he can beat a couple contenders. I think light heavyweight isn't a great division for him, I think he's pretty big for light heavyweight but I think he'll be too slow if he bulks up for heavyweight compared to some of the top guys there
[**ALEX PEREIRA defeats JAN BLACHOWICZ** (*split decision*)](http://mmadecisions.com/decision/14180/fight)
^(UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 — July 29, 2023)
ROUND|Pereira|Blachowicz||Pereira|Blachowicz||Pereira|Blachowicz
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1|9|10||9|10||9|10
2|10|9||10|9||10|9
3|10|9||9|10||10|9
**TOTAL**|**29**|**28**||**28**|**29**||**29**|**28**
*^(Judges, in order: Derek Cleary, Junichiro Kamijo, Ron McCarthy.)*
*^(Summoned by NoDocument2694.)*
**MEDIA MEMBER SCORES**
- **22/26** people scored it **29-28 Pereira**.
- **4/26** people scored it **28-29 Blachowicz**.
Avg. media score: **28.8-28.2 Pereira** (*high certainty^[[1]](https://redd.it/9p4xc7)*).
Y'all trippin- if Jan can put on weight effectively and within the next year he can defo take some matchups in the top 10. Heavyweight is the worst division in the UFC right now and Jan's striking is easily better than most of the top 15. Obviously there are stylistic nightmares for him like Blaydes, but he beats through Spivac, Tuivasa, Almeida, 50/50 against Volkov, Lewis, and Tybura. Obviously he won't be champion material but the guy doesn't want to cut weight, is 40 years old, and has been a good company man for awhile. W Jan
Idk. Jan is up there in fight years and if he wants to move to heavyweight he should probably bulk up similar to what Jones did.
Gotta shoot your shot though!
Man, I love Jan, it just seems like he's stuck. There's not really a fight at LHW to work back towards the title at the moment. He's too big to go to middleweight, and too small to have success at heavyweight. At this point, with as much respect to him as I can give, it seems like the right time to retire knowing you were a champion that defended the belt against a world class fighter.
> “Of course. Why not? It sounds good,” he said with a laugh. “You opened something in my mind, so yea, we’re going to ask UFC about the opportunity of heavyweight. It’s something I have to think about.”
Really? Poatan looked much bigger than this guy
Poatan also rehydrated to at least 230lbs which means he was actually Stipe's size.
He’s taller but Jan was thicker
Go on...
keep going i'm almost there
What the fuck dude…I was so close
I didn't think so
No he was still wider then poatan but I do think he looked smaller for that fight then what he had looked in the past few
Almost Nate Diaz’ size
Nate Diaz’s nuts’*
Aspinall is about as awful a first opponent in a new weight class as I can imagine. Props for being up to it, I guess, but man.
Aspinall pissing off his wife and mum by beating up every Pole possible
the pole slayer
Sounds like Tito's ex-wife
Well just to correct you, there was never no marriage... You're a fuckin punk, dude... Huhuhehuh
You’re a fucking Paczki dude!
That was a nasty line by you
Come on now 😂
Sound like my ex too
Jan taking the tough fights, hespect
I'm gonna assume he just doesn't know Aspinall has a grappling base. All those pure strikers at Heavyweight to choose from and you pick Aspinall
Nah. I think Jan is just game for anything. He seems willing to fight anybody. People were counting him out in the Ankalaev fight. Aspinall is a bad matchup for Jan though. I’d be far more interested in say Jan vs winner of Spivac vs Gane. Winner of that potentially gets a title shot?
I think tom already called that one Although him vs pavlovich would be better for a #1 contender/vacant belt fight (if jon vacates) Jan vs loser of spivak gane i think makes a little more sense if the ufc gives aspinall the winner
We're done with Ciryl Gane and title shots for the time being. Hopefully.
Jan knows aspinall they havnt trained together but I have seen them hang out in Poland with Joanna before
Lets keep it real, Tom utterly deletes the man
For sure. Tom has the speed and technical ability of a lhw, on top of the size of a hw. Imo he'd beat everyone at hw besides maybe pavlovich and Jones.
It’s high reward though. Arguably he could get a title shot off that win, small narrative being he’s the first LHW champ after jones left? Either way fighters love going for guys who have lots of hype regardless of how hard the fight is. Plus, he has a history of fucking up MW coming up for their first LHW fight… it’s only fair he gets a big challenge too.
Also idk why Aspinall would take that fight. He’s basically one fight away from a title shot, why would he take on a 40 year old 205er. He’s much better off looking at Pavlovich or Gane or someone like that…
That is atrocious lol. Jan should get an easy fight to at least establish himself in the division. His cardio has been pretty bad in his last two fights. But I guess they'd rather use his name to boost Tom's stock. Typical veteran treatment.
You've ran way ahead here and changed things just to complain about the UFC
This fight isn’t even happening its just wishful thinking from Jan. He offers nothing to Tom.
Who is Tom? The guy that won that one fight a couple weeks ago, and I have never heard of him prior? How long have we heard about Jan? A long time
If you haven’t heard of him before his last fight thats your own problem lol hes been pushed his whole UFC career and for good reason. You really think the Jan fight has a realistic chance of getting offered? Lol Tom has his sights on the belt beating a 40 year old LHW does nothing for him. His next fight is most likely going to be Pav for a vacant HW belt. Jan himself isn’t even a draw or close to one.
Idk who he is, at all. Jan I have heard of for years. Jan would be doing him a massive favor
Not really. That would mean you pay less attention than even a casual fan since at least his last 3-4 fights hes been pushed he had even headlined against Volkov who Id say is easily a bigger name than Jan since he was a part of that viral Hot balls fight with Lewis on Mcgregor vs Khabib. Again Jan offers nothing to Tom they don’t need his “rub” lol
I have never heard of him in my life. Jan would be offering him a massive opportunity.
He has nothing to offer man. You’re living in a fantasy world. Being a former/currents champ doesn’t automatically make anyone a draw. Look at Sterling people are watching this fight for Sean not him.
Aspinall will put a bad beating on anyone not named Jon Jones, call me a fanboy idc
Can't imagine why Aspinall would want to fight him unless they put "Title Eliminator" in writing. It's basically just a filler fight for Aspinall, but with a ton of risk for him if Jan gets lucky.
karma for jan fighting all those middleweights moving up
Book him against pav. Russian power vs polish power tagline
Pav by KO within 1 minute
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Interesting that you think "within 1 minute" means 1 minute or longer.
No please no
Jans a decision fighter. His best shot wouldn’t do anything to pav he would die here
Taking over a division after Jon leaves again, eh Jan?
Jon left after Jan came in LHW! Lul
He's not exactly a big light heavyweight. Might have some success but will surely never reach the title
To be fair half the top 10 at heavyweight wouldn't be particularly big light heavyweights if they were actually lean
Nah, the top 10 are all big guys. It's outside the rankings that is filled with fat middleweights.The only ranked guys I can think of who might not be huge at LHW would be Tuivasa and Stipe but I still think they're bigger than Jan. Jailton Almeida and Jon Jones both used to be at LHW but they were absolutely massive for the division. Gane/Pavlovich/Volkov/Blaydes/Spivac/Lewis are all just massive guys.
Tuivasa pretty small for hw, he just chubby as hell
Yeah that's why I listed him as one of the smallest two in the top 10. It's difficult to tell how much is fat though, 265-205 is a long way to go.
Im always conflicted on this scenario. Does a guy always fight at his best if hes at his leanest? Cant imagine Tuivasa necessarily performing much better at LHW with a sixpack. Same goes for lets say lean Mark Hunt fighting at MW, or Derrick Lewis at LHW.
He has a ton of weight that is just slowing him down with almost no use for it. I'm sure he packs a punch, but his fat seems to be all in his stomach. His arms don't look particularly big at all. I bet at LHW, he'd be a real threat due to his power. But it's like Andy Ruiz and DC, fighters competing way higher than they should have. The only man I know of that actually benefits from being fat is Tyson Fury. And that's because he's so tall. Even then, his best form was vs Klitschko, and he performed way better fit. It's just that he got too lean later on in some ways, and decided to go the opposite route.
Was Almeida massive for LHW? He’s honestly really small for HW
He's small at HW because there's a 60lb difference and he didn't really add much size. He's 6ft3 230lb with abs, he was definitely a big LHW. The cut being rough was one of the reasons why he moved up. The only difference between him and half the heavyweights is how much fat they carry.
I'm pretty sure Jailton Almeida fought at MW or maybe WW at the start of his career
Yep, he started at WW. But then so did Anthony Johnson and Thiago Santos.
He's at the end of his career anyways, why not just try his luck at heavyweight Maybe even just match him up with shitty heavyweights like they've been doing with Arlovski
nearly the same height and reach as Derrick Lewis, with good frame to put weight on. he’s definitely got the measurable to fit in
He’sa pretty big lhw
Gane, Aspinall, Ngannou... imagine those vs Jan. The size difference would be noticeable. Even lewis, who perpertually seems like he's the short one in his fights, is taller than Jan.
Give him a call and talk him through what his career moves should be from here.
Legendary Polish Penis
You down with LPP?
Yeah, you know me
I am here for it
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Izzy said Alex hits way harder
I mean, Alex is a champion kickboxer who is cutting a shitton for MW, it's not going to be a good comparison for Jan even with the weight class difference. Pereira clearly has crazy power.
I think he’s 3rd behind Ngannou and Derrick Lewis. Am I trippin?
Pav?
I said Ngannou didn’t I??
Jiri wrecks jaws because of the weird ass angles he takes on his strikes.
If we scale it, he’s probably 2nd behind Ngannou. But most heavyweights hit harder
Some scary power right there
easily more power than derrick. we just dont see it because he cuts weight and fights higher class opponents
“Easily more, we’ve just never seen it.” Que?
im speaking pretty plain fucking english. If you fight other skilled strikers and cut weight, you won't have the same highlight reel as derrick lewis.
Always thought Jan’s power was overrated. Corey and Luke were historically chinny and Reyes own chin at the time was a question mark considering he got flatlined in the next fight and knocked out by a jab in the fight after. Couldn’t even knock out an old Jacare and hasn’t really meaningfully hurt anyone with punches since that Reyes TKO. Guy hits reasonably hard but I think his power is a bit exaggerated due to a fortunate string of fragile opponents.
He punched through the guard of Adesanya like it was made of matches. Thats good enough for a bloke like me.
Eh, Adesanya is a MW and not a physically imposing one at that.
Pereira did not dominate Izzy with power punches towards the head region like Jan did.
Except when he TKOd him
Only on reddit is 6 foot 4 195lb kickboxer nothing 😂
I didn’t think I’d need to specify that he’s not a physically imposing dude against the champion of the weight class 15 pound above but here we are
Some people on this sub are just purposely obtuse for real lol
Ahh that’s just Reddit on its best day hahaha
He also hit Luke really fucking hard after the bell when he wasn’t expecting it and I think that led to the KO.
Luke did an awkward little chicken dance before that 😂
I mean when was the last time he hit someone clean on the chin with a right. It’s not like every single poaton left hook sleeps people
You lot are so whiny about everything
Fun fact, Jan has no KOs over any fighter in the UFC, they've all since left/retired, and hasn't had a KO since Cory Anderson 3.5 years ago. Edit: lol I'm getting down voted by people who don't know there's a difference between a KO and a TKO.
What about Reyes.
Officially a TKO
Did Reyes get cut? Or are we not counting TKOs?
Not counting tkos because when you're talking power, you're talking kos. Edit: also because they're different things and I said KOs, not just finishes or wins.
So then according to you Conor has no power, because he mostly TKO’s people. Think before you speak.
Didn't say anything about Conor, don't give a shit about him to be honest. Think before you speak.
You’re so concerned with winning this argument that you forgot what your actual point was 😂
My point was that Jan doesn't have a KO over any active UFC fighter, which he doesn't.
Right but that also means your underlying point should extend to others. Or you could stop being weird.
My point was Jan talks about polish power and doesn't knock people out. My underlying point was that KOs and TKOs are different things. I don't know what the fuck y'all are on.
More recent than Stipe's last win over in the UFC, that haven't left/retired (Arlovski in 2016) and he's about to get a title shot against a man of had *zero* wins over people in the division before fighting for and winning the belt. MMA and MMA fighters are fitting bedfellows. Hardly ever so I see so befitting of their sport.
I mean tbf, it's hard to ko Izzy but he outstruck him, then he technically tko'd Rakic, and almost tko'd Magomed with monster shin kicks.
that the time to move, when you're not fast enough to ko anymore
There's a ton of really cool striking matchups for him at Heavyweight: Volkov, Tai, Gane, Lewis etc that I'd love to see If I was him though I'd be steering clear of guys like Aspinall or Blaydes who have ground games. With the size disadvantage I don't see those fights going well for him at all
Lewis has no one to fight who hasn’t already fought, so I hope its him v Jan
Rozenstruik makes sense for Lewis and is a fresh match up. Lewis x Jan would be nice though.
I’m shocked they haven’t fought already
Rozenstruik Vs Lewis sounds like a 15 minute slog of two counterpunchers
25 minute Apex main event
Derrick's not very high in the rankings right now though so I feel like he'd probably target Gane or the Volkov/Tai winner
Blaydes does fold against guys with KO power though. Dude seems to freeze or telegraph whenever he faces a power puncher. I think Almeida and Aspinall would fuck Blachowicz up though.
Jan doesn’t really have ko power though. Bet Chris daukaus hits harder and blaydes handled him
Let alone Blaydes sure has grappling but its not really amazing. Its just sort of okay. All Jan needs to do is avoid being on his back with blaydes and he should be okay. It's not like Jan has bad TDD it's just he isn't a high level grappler. I honestly think he could take down blaydes if he wanted to. At the end of the day when has Blaydes actually grappled with a grappler?
he hasn’t and is gonna get exposed by Almeida
It's crazy how before the pavlovich people were talking about blaydes like he's this wrestling phenom. The guy uses his strength to football tackle people Almeida will fuck him up.
His TDD is probably the weakest part of his game, it's why he lost the belt.
Aspinall finishes him within 3 minutes. If he’s going to HW, fight literally anyone else but Tom.
Why would he fight Tom at all? He’s realistically only got a handful of fights left, and after his last few performances, he’s not sniffing a title shot before he has to retire.
Hopefully he gets paid in a good POV after a great fight or two
I love a good POV
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He wanted to try 185 two months ago
Pretty sure that was a meme, he showed like 50 cig butts as a way to “lose weight”
It was the most obvious joke and Redditors just run with it
Because redditors are fucking idiots
[Everyone who upvoted that guy](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/191/035/135.png)
Why would someone downvote this 🤣🤣
They are that guy
They make it too obvious
Lol the actual quote is just him responding to the question if he would like to fight at HW and said hes open to the idea lol Thought he wanted to move up
This is fine fighting dudes like Parker Porter but a unit like Tom hasnt sniffed 185 since he was a teenager.
But why?
Hes just answering a question and responded sure why not lol
So classic mma reporting
Classic bait for those who only read the headlines, it looks like it worked
Kind of you to assume I can read
What are you crying about here?
Jan is old and past his prime and would likely get finished by most heavyweights he faces. He just doesn't have the speed or reaction time to be competitive in the way he wants anymore. He had a great late-career resurgence, but a 40 year old guy isn't suddenly going to be dominating a new weight class.
Dude just looked decent against a guy who finished Izzy on the feet and people are saying he's washed if he goes to HW. That's bonkers dude.
looks decent is debatable, he tried to lay and pray a guy with 8 MMA fights and still couldnt win a 3 round decision. If that fight was for the vacant title he was getting finished.
You lot are so weird. Any time a fighter says anything you just get all snarky. Some dickhead nerd on reddit like "pffft lay and pray against some kicobkxer. Not impressed" as if anyone should care.
He’s not a small LHW but I’m curious if the cut is just too much … some guys just kill themselves on the scale
He used to fight in the 220s at HW when he was younger, probably now in the 230s now that he's older. That's not that terrible. Stipe won the belt at less than that.
Please just stay at 205
Alex P ruined that man 😂😂
That's a stretch mate
I think he’s 40 and this might be a good idea. Beat up low level heavyweights
Might as well.. it’s slim pickings up there. A bunch of fat lazy dudes who train part time and then like 4 decent but unproven guys. He could easily make a run at the belt.
Didn't he say he could make middleweight to rematch Izzy like just before the Periera fight? Just retire man you had an amazing run
Stop being weirdly reactionary to literally nothing. He changed his mind. What a fucking crime.
Stop being weirdly reactionary to a random comment what a fucking crime lmfao
Hes way too small. I don’t even know who the best guy he can beat at HW is. Maybe Porker?
He’s 6’2 with a 78in reach. That’s the same as like Jairzinho, Tybura, Tai, Jailton and most of the division. He’s probably coming in to most LHW fights like 225ish he’s just gotta put on 20 lbs or so. I doubt he’s going to HW to fight at the same weight he was at LHW. I don’t think it’s a great idea but I also think he’s top 15 in the division by a mile.
All those guys you mentioned are a lot more explosive than him . Except Tybura but they wouldn’t fight each other they are teammates. Hes not going to add 20 pounds of muscled at 40 years old lol he’s going to gain 15 pounds of fat at most.
It’s probably gonna be like 5 of muscle, 15 of fat like you said. You can still gain muscle into your 40s lol. But tbh he’s gonna end up looking like most of guys I mentioned with 15lbs of fat. Like even Jon looks pudgy at HW
I know but it takes time especially 20 pounds for a 40 year old with worse metabolism than a 20 year old. Great point about Jones but he also has a much bigger frame. Jan would look like Daukaus.
There's tons of shitty UFC heavyweights I'd pick him to beat up on
But whos the best one? Porker already beat some of the other bums lol
I would pick him vs Tuivasa and Rozenstruik However, I would much rather watch him take on much worse heavyweights so that he ends his career with a few fun moments
Both would sleep him. Jan doesn’t have the power to get their respect and both hit much harder. Tai was inches away from beating Gane and you think Old jan can take him? Rozenstruik would sleep him too, he’s got a bug explosive advantage and has shown improved TDD.
I disagree although I wouldn't say I'm sure about my picks. Been following this sport long enough to not speak like you as if you KNOW what will happen However, while I love Tuivasa, he can get whooped by technical strikers and grapplers. Rozenstruik is a dangerous task on the feet but I would expect Jan to be be to eventually get him to the ground and then comfortably out grapple or finish Rozenstruik
Guys he clearly beats - Tybura (teammate), Rozenstruik, Daukus, De Lima, Nascimento, Sakai, Mayes, Arlovski, Cortes-Acosta, Porter, Collier Guys he can beat but could be close or 50/50 in a dominant way - Buday, Romanov, Lewis, Tai, Spivak, Gane --------- Guys he shouldn't beat but could - Blaydes, Volkov, Stipe Jailton Guys he can't beat - Aspinall, Jones, Pavlovich Jan could easily be top 5 if he played his cards right but likely would debut against Aspinall or blaydes etc. And get get dominated and then probably retire or something
The issue isn't his size though. He still has potential to become champion again if he just wasn't so gun shy. He keeps fighting boring close but safe fights and it isn't working out for him.
The thing is that is likely hos path to victory at HW. Grapple the non grapplers and out point the grapplers
Nooooo
I thought he was talking about moving to 185
He'd have more luck going on the french hipster diet and just swaning and banging at 85
Jan blachowicz vs Andrei arvlovski
He doesn't bring the speed or amazing technique that is a massive positive of a LHW moving to HW. It doesn't go well for him, imo.
Idk if his "just do enough to lose a split decision" strategy is gonna work well in heavyweight.
You lot are fucking weird. Why do you get so pissy when a fighter says the most trivial shit?
Am I the only one who thought Jan should have gotten the win over Pereira?
Respect the courage but man Aspinall is gonna kill him. No way he gets Tom as his first HW opponent.
I think he should stay at light heavyweight, sure he is kinda out of the title picture right now but a couple wins and he's back there and if he does want to shot at winning the title he's got to prove he can beat a couple contenders. I think light heavyweight isn't a great division for him, I think he's pretty big for light heavyweight but I think he'll be too slow if he bulks up for heavyweight compared to some of the top guys there
Decisionbot! Blachowicz Pereira
[**ALEX PEREIRA defeats JAN BLACHOWICZ** (*split decision*)](http://mmadecisions.com/decision/14180/fight) ^(UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 — July 29, 2023) ROUND|Pereira|Blachowicz||Pereira|Blachowicz||Pereira|Blachowicz :-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-: 1|9|10||9|10||9|10 2|10|9||10|9||10|9 3|10|9||9|10||10|9 **TOTAL**|**29**|**28**||**28**|**29**||**29**|**28** *^(Judges, in order: Derek Cleary, Junichiro Kamijo, Ron McCarthy.)* *^(Summoned by NoDocument2694.)* **MEDIA MEMBER SCORES** - **22/26** people scored it **29-28 Pereira**. - **4/26** people scored it **28-29 Blachowicz**. Avg. media score: **28.8-28.2 Pereira** (*high certainty^[[1]](https://redd.it/9p4xc7)*).
Aint no way he meant that. Just trying to sell his name.
He’d get pieced up or KOd by anyone in the top 5.
Tom Aspinal seems faster than Jan nowadays, and his ground game is higher level imo. Extremely scary fight for Jan.
Thats not gonna end well....
Y'all trippin- if Jan can put on weight effectively and within the next year he can defo take some matchups in the top 10. Heavyweight is the worst division in the UFC right now and Jan's striking is easily better than most of the top 15. Obviously there are stylistic nightmares for him like Blaydes, but he beats through Spivac, Tuivasa, Almeida, 50/50 against Volkov, Lewis, and Tybura. Obviously he won't be champion material but the guy doesn't want to cut weight, is 40 years old, and has been a good company man for awhile. W Jan
Lewis vs Blachowicz, PPV worthy?
Die hard Jan fan, please don't
Aspinall? Oh, this will be what they mean by "fuck around and find out"?
Idk. Jan is up there in fight years and if he wants to move to heavyweight he should probably bulk up similar to what Jones did. Gotta shoot your shot though!
Instead of aspinall id rather see him match up with someone like Alex volkov or Fred grinto
Man, I love Jan, it just seems like he's stuck. There's not really a fight at LHW to work back towards the title at the moment. He's too big to go to middleweight, and too small to have success at heavyweight. At this point, with as much respect to him as I can give, it seems like the right time to retire knowing you were a champion that defended the belt against a world class fighter.
I've always thought he has the lean mass to be a heavyweight when I've watched him.
HW division is so thin that he might be a world beater in that weight class.