Who won Blachowicz vs Teixeira?
Glover Teixeira beat Jan Blachowicz by submission in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC 267, on Saturday 30th October 2021.
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.
Blachowicz vs Teixeira stats
Jan Blachowicz stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.
Glover Teixeira made his way to the cage with a record of 32 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, with 18 of those wins by knock out and 9 by submission.
The stats suggested Teixeira had a large advantage in power over Blachowicz, boosting at 56% knock out percentage over Blachowicz's 29%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Blachowicz had a slight advantage over Teixeira, with a 32% submission rate over Teixeira's 28%.
Jan Blachowicz was the younger man by 3 years, at 41 years old.
Blachowicz had 2-inch reach advantage.
Blachowicz was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 4 year and 8 months later than Teixeira, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 95 to Teixeira's 89.
Blachowicz vs Teixeira form
Blachowicz had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges twice.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had beat Dominick Reyes at UFC 253 on 26th September 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Going into that contest, he had won against Corey Anderson at UFC on ESPN+ 25 on 15th February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho, United States.
Before that, he had beat Ronaldo Souza at UFC on ESPN+ 22 on 16th November 2019 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
He had defeated Luke Rockhold at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.
Activity check
Blachowicz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.
Teixeira's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.
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