Teixeira vs Prochazka

Who won Teixeira vs Prochazka?

Jiri Prochazka beat Glover Teixeira by submission in the 5th round during the main event of UFC 275, on Saturday 11th June 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jiri Prochazka.

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 Prochazka stats

Glover Teixeira stepped into the octagon with a record of 33 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Jiri Prochazka made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 25 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Jiri Prochazka marked his 5th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in July 2020.

Glover Teixeira's UFC record stood at 16-7-0, while Jiri Prochazka's came in at 4-1-0.

The stats suggested Prochazka had a massive power advantage over Teixeira, boasting a 89% knock out percentage over Teixeira's 55%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Teixeira had a large advantage over Prochazka, boasting a 30% submission rate over Prochazka's 7%.

Glover Teixeira was the older man by 13 years, at 44 years old.

Prochazka had a height advantage of 2 inches over Teixeira. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Teixeira was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 9 years and 10 months earlier than Prochazka, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 39 more professional rounds, 89 to Prochazka's 50.

Teixeira vs Prochazka form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

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.

Activity check

Teixeira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Prochazka's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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