Twitter reacts to Jan Blachowicz’s upset of Israel Adesanya to defend title at UFC 259

Mike
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Jan Blachowicz got his title reign off to a promising start on Saturday when he denied Israel Adesanya’s double-champ attempt in the UFC 259 headliner.

Blachowicz (28-8 MMA, 11-5 UFC) kept his grip on the light heavyweight belt when he earned a unanimous decision victory over middleweight champ Adesanya (20-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) in their main event matchup, which took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Check below for the top Twitter reactions to Blachowicz’s title defense over Adesanya at UFC 259.

MMA Junkie

https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie/status/1368435353841934337

Fightnomics Reed

https://twitter.com/Fightnomics/status/1368436222910210054

UFC

https://twitter.com/UFCEurope/status/1368438426681409537

Jon Jones

https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/1368436588330446848

Kamaru Usman

https://twitter.com/USMAN84kg/status/1368436987850596352

Jimi Manuwa

https://twitter.com/POSTERBOYJM/status/1368438332808601601

Stephen Thompson

https://twitter.com/WonderboyMMA/status/1368438405747650567

Kevin Iole

https://twitter.com/KevinI/status/1368438604775628801

Teddy Atlas

https://twitter.com/TeddyAtlasReal/status/1368438642796994561

Tatiana Suarez

https://twitter.com/tatianaufc/status/1368438875912241155

Andreas Hale

https://twitter.com/AndreasHale/status/1368439481246752773

Alan Jouban

https://twitter.com/AlanJouban/status/1368439630568116226

Brett Okamoto

https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/1368439810998763520

UFC

https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1368439996378722305

Brandon Gibson

https://twitter.com/SixGunGibson/status/1368440068403171333

David Michaud

https://twitter.com/bulldawg_170/status/1368440647401697280

Kevin Iole

https://twitter.com/KevinI/status/1368440890339954697

Fight Ghost

https://twitter.com/Fight_Ghost/status/1368441001585508352

Mitch Gagnon

https://twitter.com/MitchGagnonUFC/status/1368441140337336323

Brett Okamoto

https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/1368441426774618114

Stephen Thompson

https://twitter.com/WonderboyMMA/status/1368441464120872961

Marvin Vettori

https://twitter.com/MarvinVettori/status/1368440472306262019

Chris Weidman

https://twitter.com/chrisweidman/status/1368441633314926593

Yves Edwards

https://twitter.com/thugjitsumaster/status/1368441758254764033

Paul Gift

https://twitter.com/MMAanalytics/status/1368442010810552321

Tatiana Saurez

https://twitter.com/tatianaufc/status/1368442101185146880

Fight Ghost

https://twitter.com/Fight_Ghost/status/1368442304902569986

Jon Jones

https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/1368442336204656643

Phil Murphy

https://twitter.com/Phil_Sports/status/1368442794004582403

Michael Stets

https://twitter.com/Michael_Stets/status/1368442856747261960

Chris Weidman

https://twitter.com/chrisweidman/status/1368443115200249856

Teddy Atlas

https://twitter.com/TeddyAtlasReal/status/1368443478670069763

Adrian Yanez

https://twitter.com/yanezmma/status/1368443333253685248

Cageside Press

https://twitter.com/Cagesidepress/status/1368443805377069057

Jon Jones

https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/1368443994473066497

Belal Muhammad

https://twitter.com/bullyb170/status/1368444017269075970

Jimi Manuwa

https://twitter.com/POSTERBOYJM/status/1368444243648212992

Chris Weidman

https://twitter.com/chrisweidman/status/1368444359427915776

Ben Askren

https://twitter.com/Benaskren/status/1368444458862325760

Gilbert Burns

https://twitter.com/GilbertDurinho/status/1368444559697534977

Immortal Technique

https://twitter.com/ImmortalTech/status/1368444678807379969

Mitch Gagnon

https://twitter.com/MitchGagnonUFC/status/1368444682775261191

Belal Muhammad

https://twitter.com/bullyb170/status/1368444861892882434

Michael Carroll

https://twitter.com/MJCflipdascript/status/1368445027442171904

Ben Askren

https://twitter.com/Benaskren/status/1368445330224803841

Jon Jones

https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/1368445455961448452

Jon Jones

https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/1368445818760355846?s=20

Jon Jones

https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/1368445663818645505

Michael Page

https://twitter.com/Michaelpage247/status/1368445789194846210

Benito Lopez

https://twitter.com/Savage_530/status/1368445837911621632

Philip De Fries

https://twitter.com/phildefriesmma/status/1368446241210839040

Teddy Atlas

https://twitter.com/TeddyAtlasReal/status/1368446284189732864

Chris Weidman

https://twitter.com/chrisweidman/status/1368446352338935808

Francis Ngannou

https://twitter.com/francis_ngannou/status/1368446407250612224

Jan Bachowicz

https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie/status/1368446814437842946

Justin Gaethje

https://twitter.com/Justin_Gaethje/status/1368446917609328642

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