Light Heavyweight champion, Glover Teixeira, will make his first-ever title defense since winning the belt with a shocking second round submission of Jan Blachowicz back in Oct. 2021, locking horns with No. 2-seeded Czech samurai, Jiri Prochazka, in the ESPN+-streamed pay-per-view (PPV) main event of UFC 275, which is taking place inside Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
Teixeira, 42, once again finds himself a sizable underdog, going up against an aggressive young fighter who seems poised to take over the mantle of champion after two brutal, bonus-winning knockouts inside the Octagon. Indeed, Prochazka is all-aggression, all the time, which could be a recipe to winding up beneath “Hands of Stone” and his crushing Brazilian jiu-jitsu game.
Only time will tell, and the good news is that UFC 275’s PPV main event starts now!
Live updates will began to flow below the moment the two fighters made their way to the Octagon …
Jiri, the challenger, was the first to make the cage walk:
If this doesn’t get you fired up, you need to check your pulse
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Then it was time for the champion to head to the Octagon and get squared up:
Final predictions – drop ’em
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Round one:
Jiri was smiling, soaking up every second of the spotlight, waiting for his chance to put his hands on the champion as Bruce Buffer introduced both fighters. Teixeira saved his wry smile for the official staredown.
Jiri started with a high right jab, perhaps as a distraction, with Teixeira drilling him with a body shot. More pawing from Jiri, who finally found an opening with a shovel left hook. Teixeira was able to grab a leg early and dump Jiri to the canvas, an ideal start for the champion. Punches to the gut and elbows to the head from Teixeira, who was able to get behind the Czech after he tried to escape with a wall walk. Jiri gave up quick and the two were in an odd 69 position along the cage. with Jiri exploding out from the bottom. He fired off a left hand, but Teixeira countered with a big shot of his own. Single-leg takedown from Teixeira, with Jiri over-reacting and running into the cage, where the Brazilian jumped on top of him. Jiri tried to escape from the bottom, but Teixeira held on, looking for an armbar, and he was content to stay there and wait out the round, but Jiri laid it on thick with ground-and-pound until the round ended.
Round two:
Action started quick, with a potential eye poke from Teixeira, which Jiri waved off almost immediately. Left hook from Jiri, with Teixeira trying to counter with a looping left that missed. Front kick from Teixeira scores, with Jiri pawing that right hand early. Big shot from Jiri, followed byu a knee, that appeared to hurt Teixeira, who dove for a takedown. The pair rolled around the cage, with Teixeira escaping with an anaconda choke attempt, before they went back to work on the feet. Jiri wanted to just go balls to the wall, putting his face in Teixeira’s, who went for takedown that didn’t materialize. Jiri began to get a little over confident and Teixeira made him pay with a hard hook that got the fight to the ground. Teixeira jumped on his back easily, with Jiri rolling out of danger, but with Teixeira in half-guard. Jiri tried to control wrists, as Teixeira was able to secure full mount. Huge elbows from Teixeira, who split open Jiri as the round came to a close. Huge cut over the eye!
Round three:
In progress …
Round four:
Round five:
Final result:
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