Teixeira vs Hill

Who won Teixeira vs Hill?

Jamahal Hill beat Glover Teixeira by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 283, on Saturday 21st January 2023 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

The scorecards were announced as 50-44, 50-44, 50-44 in favor of the winner Jamahal Hill.

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.

Teixeira vs Hill stats

Glover Teixeira stepped into the octagon with a record of 33 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Jamahal Hill made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out.

Jamahal Hill marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Glover Teixeira's UFC record stood at 16-7-0, while Jamahal Hill's came in at 6-2-0.

The stats suggested Hill had a slight advantage in power over Teixeira, with a 64% knock out percentage over Teixeira's 55%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Teixeira had a large advantage over Hill, boasting a 30% submission rate over Hill's 0%.

Glover Teixeira was the older man by 12 years, at 44 years old.

Hill had a height advantage of 2 inches over Teixeira. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Teixeira was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 29 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 15 years and 3 months earlier than Hill, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 55 more professional rounds, 89 to Hill's 34.

Teixeira vs Hill form

Teixeira had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jiri Prochazka at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by submission in the 5th round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that 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.

Before 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.

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.

Activity check

Teixeira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Hill's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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