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 44 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

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 Jan Blachowicz at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight.

Previous to that, he had beaten Thiago Santos at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Anthony Smith at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he was victorious 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.

He had won 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.

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Teixeira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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