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UFC 259: Jan Blachowicz continues to thrive as an underdog

There was no new inductee into the UFC's exclusive champ-champ club on Saturday night.

That's what this UFC 259 main event was all about, right? Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya's quest to add the light heavyweight belt to become the fifth fighter to rule two weight divisions simultaneously, and push toward becoming one of the biggest stars in MMA?

Jan Blachowicz? In the prevailing narrative leading into this superfight, the 205-pound champ was just a supporting actor, a role to which he has become accustomed, and a role in which he's thrived

In fact, it would have come as no surprise if, mixed in with his victory celebration, Blachowicz experienced a little déjà vu.