Ahead of his much anticipated light heavyweight title defense clash against Jiri Prochazka, we take a look at how many times Glover Texeira has been knocked out
One of the most anticipated PPV events of the 2022 calendar is just a few days away. The main event features a light heavyweight clash between current champion Glover Teixeira and Jiri Prochazka. In the main event, the old guard of the sport Glover Texeira faces the young and hungry warrior Jiri Prochazka in a fight that has all the makings for an instant classic.
A 5th degree black belt in Kajukenbo under John Hackleman, and 2nd-degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Luigi Mondelli, Glover became the oldest guy to win the UFC championship gold when he defeated Jan Blachowicz at UFC 267. Teixeira is a former member of the Brazilian National Wrestling Team and has competed in the WEC, Impact FC, PFC, and Shooto. He is the second oldest UFC champion in history behind Randy Couture and the oldest first time champion in UFC history.
Teixeira’s journey in martial arts is as impressive as his journey to becoming the champion. He is originally from the rural community of Sobrália, Minas Gerais, Brazil and is of Portuguese descent. Growing up, there was no electricity in many of the homes in his community, and there was only one gas station. He moved to Danbury, Connecticut in 1999 to help support his family and landed a job in landscaping. It was there that he met his wife, Ingrid. After watching boxers such as Mike Tyson and the early mixed martial arts fighters such as Royce Gracie and Chuck Liddell compete, Teixeira decided that he wanted to follow the same path.
Surprisingly, the coveted jiu-jitsu practitioner today had never heard of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, but was able to find and watch videos of UFC 1 and UFC 2, which featured UFC Hall of Famer and jiu-jitsu pioneer Royce Gracie. After working 10 to 12-hour days landscaping, Teixeira did boxing training at Hat City Boxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu at American Top Team Connecticut. John Hackleman, who had trained a fighter who fought Teixeira and was impressed by the young Brazilian, invited Teixeira to his gym in California, The Pit, where Teixeira began training with Chuck Liddell.
Glover Teixeira has been knocked out twice in his career
Glover Teixeira entered the UFC with a record of 17 wins and 2 losses. His two losses came at the hands of Eric Schwartz by TKO and Ed Herman by decision. 13 of those victories came by finish, which put his win percentage to almost 75%.
He went on a successful five-fight win streak in the UFC after making his debut, four of which came by finishes. He lost consecutive fights against Jon Jones and Phil Davis by decision. After racking up three straight victories, he would face Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson at UFC’s blockbuster 202 PPV card in the co-main spot. The fight ended in 13 seconds when Johnson landed a vicious uppercut that knocked out the Brazilian.
His second knockout loss came against Alexander Gustaffson in May 2017 at Stockholm Sweden. Teixeira is currently riding on a six-fight winning streak heading into UFC 275 to fight Jiri Prochazka.
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