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Hermansson rooting for Adesanya to beat Blachowicz, would love to beat the ‘double champ’

Rising UFC middleweight contender Jack Hermansson thinks Israel Adesanya moving up in weight to challenge Jan Blachowicz for the light heavyweight title is a good thing, unlike UFC Vegas 16 opponent Marvin Vettori.

Hermansson understands that the UFC want to create a superstar in Adesanya and believes ‘The Last Stylebender’ becoming a two-division champion would actually be good for his own career.

‘The Joker’ is confident Adesanya will return to middleweight after beating Blachowicz and says it would be an honor to beat ‘the double champ’.

“Yeah, definitely. But, they want to create that next super, superstar.