Gustafsson vs Teixeira

Who won Gustafsson vs Teixeira?

Alexander Gustafsson beat Glover Teixeira by knockout in the 5th round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 109, on Sunday 28th May 2017 at Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm.

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).

Gustafsson vs Teixeira stats

Alexander Gustafsson stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Glover Teixeira made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Alexander Gustafsson's UFC record stood at 10-8-0, while Glover Teixeira's came in at 16-7-0.

The stats suggested Teixeira had a slight advantage in power over Gustafsson, with a 62% knock out percentage over Gustafsson's 59%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Teixeira had a slight advantage over Gustafsson, with a 23% submission rate over Gustafsson's 18%.

Alexander Gustafsson was the younger man by 7 years, at 37 years old.

Gustafsson had a height advantage of 3 inches over Teixeira. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Gustafsson was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 5 years and 5 months later than Teixeira, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He had fought 34 less professional rounds, 55 to Teixeira's 89.

Gustafsson vs Teixeira form

Teixeira had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 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.

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Teixeira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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