SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE – JUNE 12: Blood drips off the nostril of Glover Teixeira of Brazil in his mild heavyweight title bout in opposition to Jiri Prochazka of the Czech Republic throughout UFC 275 at Singapore Indoor Stadium on June 12, 2022 in Singapore. (Picture by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Photographs)
UFC 283: Jamahal Hill brutalizes Glover Teixeira to win vacant mild heavyweight title, Teixeira retires
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See combat followers pay tribute to Glover Teixeira following his retirement announcement in his UFC 283 post-fight interview
Even in his 40s, Glover Teixeira was nonetheless top-of-the-line to combat within the UFC Octagon, capable of maintain his personal with the remainder of the perfect of them.
Alas, all good issues should come to an finish. And for Teixeira, his finish got here after a loss to Jamahal Hill within the mild heavyweight championship major occasion of UFC 283.
Teixeira is the second legendary Brazilian fighter to retire on this card, following Mauricio “Shogun” Rua’s retirement earlier within the evening.
“I believe I’m too robust for my very own good, I’m too robust for my very own well being,” Teixeira stated after the combat. “It’s an honor to retire on the identical evening as Shogun Rua.”
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Teixeira made his skilled MMA debut in 2002, going 2-2 in his first 4 fights earlier than amassing a 20-fight win streak that stretched into his tenure with the UFC.
Teixeira made his UFC debut at 146, submitting Kyle Kingsbury. He received 5 straight — together with wins over Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Ryan Bader — earlier than difficult Jon Jones for the UFC mild heavyweight title at UFC 172. Teixeira misplaced a unanimous determination.
Teixeira then went 5-4 in his first 9 fights after going through Jones, scoring wins over Ovince Saint Preux, Rashad Evans and Jared Cannonier.
Teixeira received six straight between 2019 and 2021, a run that culminated with Teixeira pulling off an upset, second-round submission of Jan Blachowicz at UFC 267 — two days after his forty second birthday — to seize the UFC mild heavyweight championship. Teixeira would lose the title in 2022’s Struggle of the Yr with Jiri Prochazka at UFC 275.
