Glover Texeira stepped again into the Octagon on Saturday evening at UFC 283 with the hopes of as soon as once more changing into a world champion. Standing in his means of that dream was No. 7 ranked contender Jamahal Hill. It’s a battle no person anticipated to see, however a simple twist of fate led to Texeira, a dwelling legend, sharing the Octagon with a younger gun able to make his mark on the earth of combined martial arts.
Glover Teixeira instantly moved in to make the most of his wrestling, however Hill used his size to keep away from being taken to the bottom and created distance. Hill began to get busy along with his fingers on the midway level of the opening spherical, peppering Teixeira with photographs. Simply over a minute into the second spherical, Hill landed a heavy excessive kick that rocked Teixeira. Hill picked up the tempo, however that performed proper into Teixeira’s wrestling and the previous champ was in a position to get issues to the bottom however was unable to reap the benefits of the place earlier than the tip of the spherical.
Lightning struck twice within the third as Jamahal Hill as soon as once more landed a nasty head kick that rocked Teixeira. Hill moved in as Teixeira hit the canvas and dropped bombs, however Teixeira’s protection was sufficient to forestall referee Marc Goddard from stepping in. Hill allowed Teixeira again to his ft and the 2 resumed piecing up each other.
Within the championship rounds, Jamahal Hill continued to dominate along with his fingers. Within the closing 5 minutes, Glover Teixeira gave the Brazilian crowd a glimmer of hope when he landed a takedown and moved into full mount, however Hill was in a position to work his means out of the place and transfer into aspect management. The ultimate spherical got here to an in depth with each males standing throughout from each other. Shortly after the horn sounded, Hill was overcome with emotion as he was simply moments away from Bruce Buffer’s official announcement.
Official Consequence: Jamahal Hill def. Glover Teixeira by way of unanimous choice (50-44, 50-44, 50-44)
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