Gustafsson vs Teixeira

Who won Gustafsson vs Teixeira?

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

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alexander Gustafsson.

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

Alexander Gustafsson had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Nikita Krylov at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Fabricio Werdum at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Anthony Smith at UFC on ESPN+ 11 on 1st June 2019 by submission in the 4th round at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

Before that, he had lost to Jon Jones at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.

He had won against Glover Teixeira at UFC Fight Night 109 on 28th May 2017 by knockout in the 5th round at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

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 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.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

He had beaten Karl Roberson at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Alexander Gustafsson had last fought 1 year, 8 months and 26 days ago, while Glover Teixeira's last outing had been 3 years, 5 months and 11 days ago.

Gustafsson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 18 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 5 years, 2 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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