It’s easy to get jaded in the fight business. But even the most cynical follower of the sport had to smile after Jan Blachowicz won the UFC light heavyweight title with a second-round TKO of Dominick Reyes on Fight Island.
For the 37-year-old from Cieszyn, Poland, it wasn’t just the culmination of years of hard work, but a testament to the power of persistence, a sign to all fighters (and all people, for that matter), that getting knocked down is the end of the journey only when you refuse to get back up and fight.
“I just want to show kids to never surrender,” Blachowicz said.