Teixeira vs Roberson

Who won Teixeira vs Roberson?

Glover Teixeira beat Karl Roberson by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 1, on Saturday 19th January 2019 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Teixeira vs Roberson stats

Glover Teixeira stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Karl Roberson made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Glover Teixeira's UFC record stood at 16-7-0, while Karl Roberson's came in at 4-6-0.

The stats suggested Teixeira had a massive power advantage over Roberson, boasting a 63% knock out percentage over Roberson's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Roberson had a large advantage over Teixeira, boasting a 43% submission rate over Teixeira's 22%.

Glover Teixeira was the older man by 11 years, at 45 years old.

Teixeira had a height advantage of 1 inch over Roberson. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Teixeira was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 26 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 12 years and 11 months earlier than Roberson, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 63 more professional rounds, 89 to Roberson's 26.

Teixeira vs Roberson form

Karl Roberson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Brendan Allen at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Marvin Vettori at UFC Vegas 2 on 13th June 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Wellington Turman at UFC on ESPN+ 13 on 13th July 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Golden1 Center, Sacramento.

Before that, he had been defeated by Glover Teixeira at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

He had beaten Jack Marshman at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

Teixeira's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Roberson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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