LAS VEGAS – Light heavyweight contender Jan Blachowicz is looking to bounce back into the win column by handing former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold a debut loss at 205 pounds. Former KSW champion Blachowicz (23-8 MMA, 6-5 UFC) lost out to Thiago Santos in Prague last time out and revealed that the pair have been sparring together during their final preparations ahead of their respective bouts at UFC 239. The Polish fighter even joked that he took one big technical lesson out of his stoppage defeat to the Brazilian in February. “Thiago taught me that I have to put my hands higher,” Blachowicz told MMA Junkie at UFC 239 media day. “That was a good lesson for me, and now I’m just a better fighter.” Blachowicz says he’s put that defeat firmly behind him as he gets set to welcome Rockhold (16-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) to the light heavyweight division. “I’ve got a new opponent, a new story, so I don’t think about (the Santos defeat),” Blachowicz said.
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