5 in the world on its pound-for-pound MMA list. "I'm gonna keep breaking those rules."ĮSPN has Blachowicz ranked No. "I'm breaking the rules - 42 years old," Teixeira said. This time, Teixeira was able to get mount, then take Blachowicz's back and lock in the choke. But Teixeira wobbled him with a left hook and then took him down again. In the second round, Blachowicz had success with his boxing. Teixeira took down Blachowicz in the first round and basically kept him there for the duration. "No matter what people say, don't listen to them. "Never give up on your dreams," Teixeira said in his postfight interview. The 14 UFC fights between Teixeira's title loss to Jon Jones at UFC 172 on April 26, 2014, and Saturday, were the most between title shots in the same division in UFC history.
Teixeira joins Couture and Daniel Cormier as only the third UFC fighter to win a title at age 40 or older. Teixeira was a +210 underdog, per Caesars Sportsbook.Īt 42 years old, Teixeira is the oldest first-time champion in UFC history and the second-oldest fighter to win a UFC title, behind only Randy Couture. Teixeira defeated Jan Blachowicz via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:02 of the second round to win the UFC light heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 267 in Abu Dhabi. On Saturday, he did what most thought impossible. Instead, Teixeira got back to work and somehow made his way all the way back. He had his nice UFC run, many thought, and that would be it. At that point, Teixeira was already 34 years old and most wrote him off. Glover Teixeira got a UFC light heavyweight title shot seven years ago and lost, like most everyone else does, to Jon Jones. Glover Teixeira, vowing to 'never give up on your dreams,' defeats Jan Blachowicz at UFC 267
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