However, that was Błachowicz’s last definitive victory, as he lost his belt to Glover Teixeira seven months later. He did get his hand raised in May 2022 after his main event with Aleksandar Rakić, but that bout ended due to Rakić suffering a knee injury, which kept the “Rocket” out for nearly two years himself.
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Błachowicz then received a chance to regain the title after Jiří Procházka vacated the title in 2022, but when he squared off with Ankaalev at UFC 282, he wasn’t able to bring it home, as they fought to a split draw. He fell further out of the race when he welcomed Pereira to the division, dropping a split decision at UFC 291, which he…