Early this week, the UFC revealed the booking of a light heavyweight matchup between top-tier fighters Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz for UFC 253 on September 26. Late Tuesday night, the company raised the stakes a lot higher.
Per the official announcement via Twitter, Reyes and Blachowicz will now fight for the vacant 205-pound title. These developments came after perennial titleholder Jon Jones decided to vacate the belt and move onto the heavyweight division.
This will be Reyes’ second shot at UFC gold following his UFC 247 title fight against Jones in early February, where he lost via a controversial unanimous decision verdict.