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Ahead of his UFC 283 main event with Glover Teixeira, Jamahal Hill has shed some light on what scares him. “Sweet Dreams” is currently preparing for the biggest fight of his career with former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Teixeira. The bout is for the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship following the controversial draw between Jan…
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Ji?í Procházka’s recent visits from USADA prompted the UFC’s light heavyweight champion to ask a few questions about the organization’s testing procedures. The 30-year-old is currently preparing to make the first defense of his light heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 282 in December. Procházka will be facing former champion Glover Teixeira in…
UFC 275 will see both the UFC Light Heavyweight and Women’s Flyweight Championships up for grabs. The main event of UFC 275 features UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Glover Teixeira defending his title for the first time against Ji?í Procházka. The champion won the title by defeating Jan Blachowicz by submission at UFC 267 on Oct….
UFC 275 will see both the UFC Light Heavyweight and Women’s Flyweight Championships up for grabs.
The main event of UFC 275 features UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Glover Teixeira defending his title for the first time against Ji?í Procházka. The champion won the title by defeating Jan Blachowicz by submission at UFC 267 on Oct. 30, 2021.
At 42 years old, Teixeira hopes to prove he can still be the best in his division. However, he faces a dangerous challenger.
Procházka is coming into the fight on a 12-fight win streak, with 11 of his wins happening by knockout. His last win was against former title contender Dominick Reyes by knockout via a brutal spinning elbow at UFC Vegas 25 on May. 1, 2021.
Talia Santos will hope to stop the dominant reign of UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion Valentina Shevchenko in the co-main event. Although she is the underdog, Santos has only lost one fight in her career, which happened by split decision.
Her last win was against Joanne Wood by submission at UFC Vegas 43 on Nov. 20, 2021. But Santos will have her most significant challenge to date in fighting Shevchenko.
Image Credits: Jeff Bottari/Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC
The champion is regarded as the best pound-for-pound women’s fighter in the UFC. She has successfully defended her title six times. Her last win was against Lauren Murphy by knockout at UFC 266 on Sep. 25, 2021. Shevchenko will attempt to continue her impressive title defense streak and could potentially move up to fight for the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
Check back at MMA News this weekend for our coverage of UFC 275.
Glover Teixeira
UFC 275 Fight Card
Main Card:
(C) Glover Teixeira (33-7) vs. Jiri Procházka (28-3-1)- Light Heavyweight Championship Main Event
Weili Zhang (21-3) vs. Joanna J?drzejczyk (16-4)- Women’s Strawweight
Rogerio Bontorin (17-4) vs. Manel Kape (17-6)- Flyweight
Jack Della Maddalena (11-2) vs. Ramazan Emeev (20-5)- Welterweight
Prelims:
Brendan Allen (18-5) vs. Jacob Malkoun (6-1)- Middleweight
Seung Woo Choi (10-4) vs. Joshua Culibao (9-1-1)- Featherweight
Maheshate (6-1) vs. Steve Garcia (12-4)- Lightweight
Jake Mathews (17-5) vs. Andre Fialho (16-4)- Welterweight
Kyung Ho Kang (17-9) vs. Batgerel Danaa (12-3)- Bantamweight
Liang Na (19-5) vs. Silvana Juarez (10-4)- Women’s Strawweight
Ramona Pascual (6-3) vs. Joselyne Edwards (10-4)- Women’s Featherweight
When is UFC 275?
UFC 275 takes place on Jun. 11 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
The main card is expected to occur at 10 PM EST/ 7 PM PST. The prelims will take place at 8 PM EST/5 PM PST. While the UFC has advertised the time, it could still change. Although, UFC Pay Per Views generally start on time.
Joanna J?drzejczyk, Zhang Weili (Image Credits: Chris Unger/Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
How to Watch?
UFC 275 main card and prelims will stream live on ESPN+ in the United States. However, the main card is PPV only, with a cost of 74.99 and an ESPN+ subscription. The prelims will also air live on ESPN until the start of the main card.
Jan Blachowicz hopes medicine and weeks of rehab will be enough to avoid surgery for cervical disc complications. The Polish fighter was on a three-fight win streak before becoming the light heavyweight champion in 2020. He then successfully defended the title for the first time against middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. He was then scheduled to…
Jan Blachowicz hopes medicine and weeks of rehab will be enough to avoid surgery for cervical disc complications.
The Polish fighter was on a three-fight win streak before becoming the light heavyweight champion in 2020. He then successfully defended the title for the first time against middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.
He was then scheduled to defend the belt a second time against Glover Texiera. The 42-year-old Brazilian closed the main event early in round 2 by rear-naked choke, thus becoming the new light heavyweight champion.
Glover Teixeria and Jan Blachowicz, Photo Credit: Chris Unger
Though Blachowicz did not quit after the loss. A match on March 26 against #3 light heavyweight contender Aleksandar Rakic was in the works for the former champion.
However, Blachowicz reports medical issues that will halt his 2022 comeback, according to MMA reporter Ariel Helwani.
“I asked Jan Blachowicz how he was feeling recently. He told me he has ‘cervical spine discopathy,’ which, according to Spine-Health.com, is a ‘degenerative disc disease’ and a common cause of neck pain and radiating arm pain. It develops when one or more of the cushioning discs in the cervical spine starts to break down due to wear and tear. Cervical degenerative disc disease is diagnosed when a damaged disc in the spine becomes symptomatic,” Helwani wrote on his Substack.
No venue is set in stone for the March bout, but health issues will require a replacement for Jan.
Jan needs about 4-5 weeks of rehab and medicine to hopefully evade going into surgery.
What are your thoughts on Jan Blachowicz’s diagnosis?