Anderson vs Teixeira

Who won Anderson vs Teixeira?

Corey Anderson beat Glover Teixeira by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 134, on Sunday 22nd July 2018 at Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Corey Anderson.

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).

Anderson vs Teixeira stats

Corey Anderson stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Glover Teixeira made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Corey Anderson's UFC record stood at 10-5-0, while Glover Teixeira's came in at 16-7-0.

The stats suggested Teixeira had a large advantage in power over Anderson, boasting a 63% knock out percentage over Anderson's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Teixeira had a large advantage over Anderson, boasting a 22% submission rate over Anderson's 0%.

Corey Anderson was the younger man by 10 years, at 34 years old.

Anderson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Teixeira. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Anderson was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 19 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 10 years and 9 months later than Teixeira, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He had fought 24 less professional rounds, 65 to Teixeira's 89.

Anderson vs Teixeira form

Corey Anderson had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 288 on 18th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Light Heavyweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, his fight against Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 ended in a no contest.

Going into that contest, he had won against Ryan Bader at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

Before that, he had beaten Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov at Bellator 257 on 16th April 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had defeated Melvin Manhoef at Bellator 251 on 5th November 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious 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 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

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.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Corey Anderson had been fighting more than Glover Teixeira.

Going to this contest, Corey Anderson had last fought 1 year, 5 months and 8 days ago, while Glover Teixeira's last outing had been 2 years, 5 months and 27 days ago.

Anderson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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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