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Glover Teixeira Believes Weight Cut Effected UFC 275 Performance: ‘I Was Vomiting’

Glover TeixeiraGlover Teixeira has speculated that an unusual weight cut and subsequent recovery may be to blame for his wilting in his UFC 275 headliner against Jiri Prochazka last weekend in Singapore – detailing how he had vomited following his cut to championship weight, and insisting that the recovery process was largely different from prior career […]

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Glover Teixeira has speculated that an unusual weight cut and subsequent recovery may be to blame for his wilting in his UFC 275 headliner against Jiri Prochazka last weekend in Singapore – detailing how he had vomited following his cut to championship weight, and insisting that the recovery process was largely different from prior career cuts.

Teixeira, a native of Minas Gerais, headlined UFC 275 at the Singapore Indoor Arena on Saturday against Czech challenger, Prochazka, suffering an undisputed light heavyweight title loss to the promotional perfect finisher, courtesy of a last round rear-naked choke.

Turning in a splendid performance against Prochazka during the majority of the five round back-and-forth, Teixeira ultimately fell victim to a rear-naked choke – without hooks, in the final seconds of the fifth round following a messy scramble.

Following the loss, Teixeira admitted that he had likely gassed during the final moments of the round and fight as a whole. And he now speculates that an unfamiliar recovery process, which included vomiting was partly to blame for his sudden cardio dump.

“Even though it was 9:30 at night (in Singapore), I cut the weight at 3:00 in the afternoon and stayed until 9:30 at night without drinking water, without anything,” Glover Teixeira told Brazilian outlet, Combate following UFC 275. “And then when I started to recover, I started to vomit, I started to vomit… I felt like vomiting. I couldn’t do the interview (with Megan Olivi) after the weigh-in and that got in the way, got in the way in the fifth round there.”

“I always talk to my students, ‘The weight cut will get in your way, if it’s a tough, five round fight, it will get in your way.’” Glover Teixeira said. “And it got in the way, I think that was it… I’ve never had a recovery like this.”

Whilst placing blame on his weight cut, Teixeira insisted that he was taking responsibility for his own defeat against Prochazka.

“The fight was brutal, I got tired, as I told you, I don’t want to blame my camp, I can do the fight again, and I can get tired again,” Glover Teixeira said. “… If I didn’t lose the weight right, he (Jiri Prochazka) did better than me, you know? If I didn’t lose the weight properly, it was my fault, that’s what I’m talking about, that I have to adjust, so it was totally my fault. I might be blaming it on the weight – I’m blaming the weight, but I’m taking responsibility for myself.” 

Glover Teixeira campaigns for a title re-run against Jiri Prochazka

Despite his stoppage loss to newly-minted undisputed champion, Prochazka, Teixeira is adamant that he wants to share the Octagon with the Brno favorite in an immediate championship rematch next.

VIDEO: Jiri Prochazka Gets A Champions Welcome Back Home After Defeating Glover Teixeira At UFC 275

Jiri ProchazkaJiri Prochazka caught Glover Teixeira in a submission in the fifth round of their championship bout, after being down on most judges scorecard. He was welcomed back to his home country of the Czech Republic with a parade in his honor. Prochazka and Teixiera’s fight was quite possibly the greatest Light Heavyweight championship fight of […]

Jiri Prochazka

Jiri Prochazka caught Glover Teixeira in a submission in the fifth round of their championship bout, after being down on most judges scorecard. He was welcomed back to his home country of the Czech Republic with a parade in his honor.

Prochazka and Teixiera’s fight was quite possibly the greatest Light Heavyweight championship fight of all time. It is up there with Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson, in terms of how entertaining of a fight it was. Prohcazka pulled the win out of nowhere, when it looked like he was either going to be finished, or was well on his way to losing the fight on the cards.

Teixieria fought a great fight as well, so an immediate rematch could possibly be in the cards for him. He has even already started campaigning for a rematch, by asking Prochazka and the organization to run it back.

Jiri Prochazka became the first Czech UFC champion ever and was greeted with a huge parade in is honor as a welcoming gift

The parade has so many people in it to greet the new champion, and it stretched far down the street it was on.

Prochazka became the fastest fighter to win the Light Heavyweight championship since Quentin ‘Rampage’ Jackson did it back in 2007. Prochazka captured the title in only his third fight in the UFC and won it at the young age of 29. Prochazka made sure to wait until he felt he was 100% ready for the UFC, to make his debut. The waiting looked to have paid off, as he ascended the division very quickly.

It truly was a story of the youth, overtaking the old. Teixiera had become the oldest fighter to win the championship for the first time when he beat Jan Blachowicz in late 2021. He won it at the age of 42.

Glover Teixeira On UFC 275 Loss “It’s Hard To Swallow A Defeat Like That”

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira is in the beginning stages of coming to terms with the jaws of defeat following UFC 275. Teixeira looked on his way to victory in a back-and-forth battle against Ji?í Procházka in the UFC 275 headliner last weekend. But he was caught in a rear-naked choke with 28…

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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira is in the beginning stages of coming to terms with the jaws of defeat following UFC 275.

Teixeira looked on his way to victory in a back-and-forth battle against Ji?í Procházka in the UFC 275 headliner last weekend. But he was caught in a rear-naked choke with 28 seconds left in the fight to relinquish his title.

After what has been dubbed by many as one of the greatest light heavyweight title fights in UFC history, many fans and pundits wouldn’t mind seeing Teixeira and Procházka run it back as soon as possible.

During a post-fight interview with Combate, Teixeira reflected on his performance and hinted at what he wants next.

“I’m a guy that I’m grateful for in life,” Teixeira said. “I’m grateful for everything I have, for everything I’ve done, I’m a guy that what comes to me I have to accept with joy and gratitude, but it’s hard to swallow a defeat like that. I wanted an immediate rematch. I am not injured, I have these cuts here, but in three weeks I will be ready to train, because I cut my foot and the doctor said that in three weeks I have to remove the stitches in my toes, but nothing is broken.

“I’m not feeling anything painful, just muscle. In three weeks, I will be training again. I wanted that immediate rematch. I think I deserve this rematch for what I put in there. He deserves this rematch because it was a victory that came out there “Pá”, who took it, but you saw that he wasn’t cool, he wasn’t so happy, he kept saying that his performance was not good, so let’s go. Yours wasn’t good, mine wasn’t either. Let’s go back now.

“We already know each other and the two have the same samurai mentality. And let’s go again, man, let’s get this out there ASAP. Dana White has to make this fight happen. It was one of the best fights in recent times and we will do it again. We’ll do it again, that’s what I want.”

Procházka seems content facing either Blachowicz or Teixeira for his first title defense. Meanwhile, UFC president Dana White hasn’t confirmed who will get the nod for a shot at the new champion Procházka.

If he were to earn the win at UFC 275, Teixeira promised Blachowicz the next shot at the belt after their clash at UFC 267. But now that the shoe is on the other foot, he feels an immediate rematch between himself and Procházka is the fight to make after their gritty war.

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Ji?í Procházka Receives Hero’s Welcome Upon Return To Czech Republic

Newly-crowned UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Ji?í Procházka received a reception worthy of a king upon his return to Czech Republic on Monday. Procházka entered the Octagon for the third time this past weekend. While his first two outings had seen him record brutal knockouts of Volkan Oezdemir and Dominick Reyes, “Denisa” was dragged to deep…

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Newly-crowned UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Ji?í Procházka received a reception worthy of a king upon his return to Czech Republic on Monday.

Procházka entered the Octagon for the third time this past weekend. While his first two outings had seen him record brutal knockouts of Volkan Oezdemir and Dominick Reyes, “Denisa” was dragged to deep water against veteran Glover Teixeira.

But despite often being on the back foot during the UFC 275 main event, Procházka dug deep and emerged victorious. After his fists, feet, and elbows couldn’t get the job done, the 29-year-old turned the tables on Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist Teixiera late on, submitting the now-former champ just 28 seconds away from the final horn.

As well as his personal accomplishments, which included a 13th consecutive win, a 28th career finish, and UFC title glory in just three fights, Procházka’s triumph was a historic one for his home country.

Having etched his name in the history books as the Czech Republic’s first titleholder on MMA’s biggest stage, Procházka was met with an adoring crowd of over 7,000 people when he returned home to the city of Brno.

In the videos below, courtesy of the champ’s manager Tim Simpson, Procházka can be seen standing on a stage, lifting his newly-acquired strap, and pounding his chest, while the crowd chants “Denisa” at the local star.

The celebratory scene perhaps hammers home the narrow margins that come into play in mixed martial arts.

Procházka was just 28 seconds away from falling short of reaching the pinnacle in the UFC. While that likely make the celebrations even sweeter for the champ and his nation, it provides a bitter moment for Teixeira, whose storybook reign was cut short late in the day in Singapore.

With the result, the scene in Brno was similar to one seen in Teixeira’s home country last year following the success of Charles Oliveira. When returning to Guaruja, a favela in São Paulo, “Do Bronx” was showered with love and praise, an experience now enjoyed by Procházka.

Given the support and fanbase evident in the country, as well as the newfound success of its latest European star, perhaps the UFC will be convinced to cross the Atlantic for another event in the Czech Republic down the line.

The MMA leader visited the Central European country for the first time in 2019. The card, headlined by Jan Blachowicz and Thiago Santos, took place at the O2 Arena in Prague, the Czech capital.

While Blachowicz has called for a return to Poland for a stadium show to be headlined by him and Procházka, perhaps a return to the Czech Republic is also in order.

Should the UFC return to the Czech Republic for another card?

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Marc Goddard Addresses Claims Jiri Prochazka Tapped During UFC 275 Main Event With Glover Teixeira

JIri ProchazkaReferee, Marc Goddard has addressed multiple claims that newly-minted undisputed UFC light heavyweight champion, Jiri Prochazka, actually submitted on multiple occasions during his UFC 275 main event bout with former champion, Glover Teixeira in Singapore. Jiri Prochazka found himself down on scorecards ahead of the fifth and final round Clinching the undisputed light heavyweight crown […]

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Referee, Marc Goddard has addressed multiple claims that newly-minted undisputed UFC light heavyweight champion, Jiri Prochazka, actually submitted on multiple occasions during his UFC 275 main event bout with former champion, Glover Teixeira in Singapore.

Jiri Prochazka found himself down on scorecards ahead of the fifth and final round

Clinching the undisputed light heavyweight crown in a blood-and-guts performance against Brazilian veteran, Teixeira over the course of five gruelling rounds, Jiri Prochazka became the first UFC champion hailing from Czech Republic – stopping Teixeira with a fifth round rear-naked choke – without hooks, no less. 

However, in some notable grappling scrambles earlier in the bout, Teixeira appeared to force several light taps from Jiri Prochazka during a period in top control, as well as when he attempted to set up an arm-triangle.

Goddard, who officiated the headliner in the Singapore Indoor Arena denied that Prochazka had actually tapped in submission to Teixeira, however, insisting that he had warned the Czech striker for playing a risky game, maintained that he was actually congratulating Teixeira for advancing position and controlling him from the top.

“Lol,” Marc Goddard tweeted in response to a user who questioned his view on Prochazka’s perceived submissions. “Jiri (Prochazka) was actually congratulating & encouraging his opponent (Glover Teixeira)! He done it a couple of times and I told him it’s a risky game lol! But it’s very clear what he was doing and intending. Lets celebrate the incredible feat from both gentlemen.” 

Improving to 3-0 in the UFC with his title-winning performance over Teixeira, Prochazka also maintains his 100 per cent finish rate in the organization since his move from Rizin FF – adding to prior knockout successes against both Volkan Oezdemir, and Dominick Reyes.

Linked with several title defenses for his first outing as champion, Prochazka has been discussed alongside the prospect of an immediate title re-run with Teixeira, as well as a mouth-watering all-European title outing against Polish contender and former titleholder, Jan Blachowicz next.

Tyson Fury Video Calls Jiri Prochazka To Congratulate Him After UFC 275 Win

Jiri Prochazka, Tyson FuryJiri Prochazka received an unexpected call from Tyson Fury after winning the title. This past Saturday, Jiri Prochazka dethroned Glover Teixeira to become the new UFC Light Heavyweight champion at UFC 275. He is the first UFC champion from the Czech Republic and achieved the feat in the most dramatic fashion. In a close-fought battle […]

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Jiri Prochazka received an unexpected call from Tyson Fury after winning the title.

This past Saturday, Jiri Prochazka dethroned Glover Teixeira to become the new UFC Light Heavyweight champion at UFC 275. He is the first UFC champion from the Czech Republic and achieved the feat in the most dramatic fashion. In a close-fought battle that saw both men have their moments, Teixeira appeared to be ahead on the judges’ scorecards and needed the bout to go the distance to retain his strap.

Prochazka made a comeback in the final moments of the bout to secure a win in the fifth round by submission with less than 30 seconds left on the clock.

Tyson Fury video calls Prochazka

He received a video call from the two-time World Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury who congratulated him on the victory. In the video, Fury seems to have called in to get a hold of Prochazka.

“Thank you! Thank you so much for your call,” said Prochazka.

“Congratulations! All the best, god bless you,” said Tyson.

“Victory, all the time,” exclaimed Prochazka.

Jiri Prochazka’s road to UFC champion

‘Denisa’ has had one of the most unique runs to the title in the UFC. Having joined the promotion in July 2020, Prochazka only fought twice before getting a shot at the gold. This was off the back of his achievements prior to joining the company and also what he was able to do in the short period of time he was there.

Prochazka knocked out Volkan Oezdemir in the opening minute of round two on his debut. His second outing against Dominick Reyes ended in a similar fashion, with ‘BJP’ knocking out the former title challenger with a spinning back elbow in round two.

Prochazka is expected to face former 205-lbs title holder Jan Blachowicz in his next fight.