Teixeira vs Cirkunov

Who won Teixeira vs Cirkunov?

Glover Teixeira beat Misha Cirkunov by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC on FOX 26, on Saturday 16th December 2017 at MTS Centre in Winnipeg.

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 Cirkunov stats

Glover Teixeira stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Misha Cirkunov made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Glover Teixeira's UFC record stood at 16-7-0, while Misha Cirkunov's came in at 6-7-0.

The stats suggested Teixeira had a large advantage in power over Cirkunov, boasting a 62% knock out percentage over Cirkunov's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cirkunov had a large advantage over Teixeira, boasting a 46% submission rate over Teixeira's 23%.

Glover Teixeira was the older man by 7 years, at 45 years old.

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

Teixeira was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 7 years and 7 months earlier than Cirkunov, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 54 more professional rounds, 89 to Cirkunov's 35.

Teixeira vs Cirkunov form

Teixeira had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Thiago Santos at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Anthony Smith at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Nikita Krylov at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Before that, he was victorious against Ion Cutelaba at UFC on ESPN+ 8 on 27th April 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States.

He had won against Karl Roberson at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Activity check

Teixeira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Cirkunov's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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