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Fighters React to Ji?í Procházka Submitting Glover Teixeira

Ji?í Procházka is your new UFC light heavyweight champion of the world after submitting Glover Teixeira at UFC 275 tonight. Teixeira entered the bout on a six-fight win streak, capturing the light heavyweight title in his last outing. The Brazilian submitted Jan Blachowicz in the second round of their Abu Dhabi meeting. As for Procházka,…

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Ji?í Procházka is your new UFC light heavyweight champion of the world after submitting Glover Teixeira at UFC 275 tonight.

Teixeira entered the bout on a six-fight win streak, capturing the light heavyweight title in his last outing. The Brazilian submitted Jan Blachowicz in the second round of their Abu Dhabi meeting.

As for Procházka, he hasn’t lost since 2015 when he fought under the RIZIN banner. That loss came after fighting twice in one day, losing the second fight after having already won earlier in the day.

Undefeated in the UFC, Procházka quickly earned a shot at the light heavyweight title, meeting Teixeira in tonight’s main event. In an all-time classic slugfest, both men came close to finishing the fight several times.

However, with seconds left in the fifth and final round, Procházka slipped in a rear-naked choke out of nowhere, forcing Teixeira to tap out. Procházka is your new 205-pound king after an amazing Fight of the Year candidate.

Check out how fighters reacted to the amazing fight, and title change, here below.

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UFC 275 Results: Jiri Prochazka, Valentina Shevchenko Wins Highlight Main Card

Jiri Prochazka pulled off a stunning last-minute submission win over Glover Teixeira to win the light heavyweight championship and bring an end to UFC 275 from…

Jiri Prochazka pulled off a stunning last-minute submission win over Glover Teixeira to win the light heavyweight championship and bring an end to UFC 275 from…

Jiri Prochazka Submits Glover Teixeira Late, Clinches Undisputed Gold – UFC 275 Highlights

Jiri ProchazkaAnd New. And in quite spectacular, surprising fashion — Jiri Prochazka — renowned as one of the most dangerous strikers in the light heavyweight division, submits grappling veteran, Glover Teixeira with a late, fifth round rear-naked choke — without hooks, to successfully land undisputed gold in a drawn-out, blood-and-guts UFC 275 headliner in Singapore. Maintaining […]

Jiri Prochazka

And New. And in quite spectacular, surprising fashion — Jiri Prochazka — renowned as one of the most dangerous strikers in the light heavyweight division, submits grappling veteran, Glover Teixeira with a late, fifth round rear-naked choke — without hooks, to successfully land undisputed gold in a drawn-out, blood-and-guts UFC 275 headliner in Singapore.

Maintaining his undefeated record in the Octagon and improving to 3-0 as a result, Prochazka and Teixeira constantly had each other in peril throughout the five round main event, with both rocking, stunning, and wobbling each other on cue throughout the back-and-forth headliner.

Rounding out a surefire contender for Fight of the Year, Prochazka, who becomes the first champion from the Czech Republic in the history of the organization — managed to lock up a rear-naked choke, without hooks on either side, forcing a submission from the Brazilian — as Prochazka mints himself as the new king of the light heavyweights.

Below, catch the highlights from Jiri Prochazka’s submission win and title coronation against Glover Teixeira

UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka – Results

UFC 275LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka results throughout the night (Sat. June 11. 2022) live from the Singapore Indoor Arena in Singapore. Rounding out tonight’s card as part of an undisputed championship doubleheader — a light heavyweight title fight between champion, Glover Teixeira, and the #2 ranked challenger, Czech striker, Jiri Prochazka. Attempting to […]

UFC 275

LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka results throughout the night (Sat. June 11. 2022) live from the Singapore Indoor Arena in Singapore.

Rounding out tonight’s card as part of an undisputed championship doubleheader — a light heavyweight title fight between champion, Glover Teixeira, and the #2 ranked challenger, Czech striker, Jiri Prochazka.

Attempting to land his first defense of the light heavyweight crown, Brazilian veteran, Teixeira headlined UFC 267 last October against Jan Blachowicz, scooping the undisputed crown with a second round rear-naked choke.

As for Prochazka, the former Rizin FF champion handed multiple-time title challenger, Dominick Reyes a stunning spinning back elbow knockout loss back in May of last year — adding to a knockout win over Volkan Oezdemir.

In the night’s co-headliner, undisputed flyweight titleholder, Valentina Shevchenko attempts to score successful title defense number seven — taking on surging Brazilian challenger, Taila Santos.

Last time out, Shevchenko moved to 8-0 at flyweight, stopping Lauren Murphy in the co-main event of UFC 266 last September.

As for Santos, the Dana White‘s Contender Series alum managed to earn her shot against Shevchenko with a rear-naked choke win against Joanne Wood in December.

UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka – Results

UFC 275 Main Card Results: (ESPN+/PPV 10 p.m. ET)

Light Heavyweight: Glover Teixeira (c) vs. Jiri Prochazka

Flyweight: Valentina Shevchenko (c) vs. Taila Santos

Strawweight: Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Welterweight: Andre Fialho vs. Jake Matthews

Welterweight: Jack Della Maddalena vs. Ramazan Emeev

UFC 275 Preliminary Card Results: (ESPN2/ESPN+ 8 p.m. ET)

Featherweight: Seung Woo Choi vs. Joshua Culibao

Lightweight: Steve Garcia vs. Hayisaer Maheshate

Middleweight: Jacob Malkoun vs. Brendan Allen

Bantamweight: Kang Kyung-ho vs. Danaa Batgerel

UFC 275 Early Preliminary Card Results: (UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+ 7 p.m. ET)

Strawweight: Liang Na (116lbs) vs. Silvana Gomez Juarez (116lbs)

Featherweight: Ramona Pascual (145lbs) vs. Joselyne Edwards (145lbs)

UFC 275 Fight Card: PPV Schedule, Odds and Predictions for Teixeira vs. Prochazka

Glover Teixeira and Jiri Prochazka are two men on the opposite ends of the legacy building process at UFC 275 from Kallang, Singapore. Teixeira who walks into…

Glover Teixeira and Jiri Prochazka are two men on the opposite ends of the legacy building process at UFC 275 from Kallang, Singapore. Teixeira who walks into…