Teixeira vs Prochazka

Who won Teixeira vs Prochazka?

Jiri Prochazka beat Glover Teixeira by submission in the 5th round during the main event of UFC 275, on Saturday 11th June 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Light Heavyweight championship.

Teixeira vs Prochazka stats

Glover Teixeira stepped into the octagon with a record of 33 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Jiri Prochazka made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 25 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Jiri Prochazka marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Glover Teixeira's UFC record stood at 16-7-0, while Jiri Prochazka's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Prochazka had a massive power advantage over Teixeira, boasting a 89% knock out percentage over Teixeira's 55%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Teixeira had a large advantage over Prochazka, boasting a 30% submission rate over Prochazka's 7%.

Glover Teixeira was the older man by 13 years, at 45 years old.

Prochazka had a height advantage of 2 inches over Teixeira. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Teixeira was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 9 years and 10 months earlier than Prochazka, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 89 to Prochazka's 55.

Teixeira vs Prochazka form

Teixeira had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Nikita Krylov at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ion Cutelaba at UFC on ESPN+ 8 on 27th April 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Karl Roberson at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Before that, he had lost to Corey Anderson at UFC Fight Night 134 on 22nd July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

He was victorious against Misha Cirkunov at UFC on FOX 26 on 16th December 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at MTS Centre, Winnipeg, Canada.

Activity check

Teixeira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 6 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Prochazka's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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