The story in the UFC 275 main event between light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira and top contender Jiri Prohazka was that Prochazka had to do her best to stay on the ground if she wanted to become champion. Prochazka threw the story of the cycle, not only surviving on the ground round after round, but eventually pulled his own submission in the last 30 seconds of the battle to win the title in a great battle of all time.
Prochazka had brilliant moments during the match, demonstrating his trademark unorthodox blow to blow Teixeira. But for all the contender’s moments, Teixeira had an answer at every turn, noting takedowns and hitting Prohazka on the ground.
Prohazka was left with a massive cut on her left eye from Teixeira’s large blows from the mount, but every time Teixeira seemed to have taken control, Prohazka found a way out of trouble and got back on her feet.
Then came the last round. Once the battle seemed in balance, Teixeira set the battle on the ground and seemed to be in complete control until Prohazka managed to fire the cage and reverse the position. Shockingly, Prochazka saw Teixeira’s bare neck and locked herself in the back goal, squeezing everything she needed to force the shot at 4:32 in the 5th round.
“Like I said, before the match I’m ready to finish it first or fifth round. It doesn’t matter. And it doesn’t matter which technique.”
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UFC 275 map and results
- Jiri Prohazka def. Glover Teixeira (c) by submission in the fifth round (suffocation from behind)
- Valentina Shevchenko (c) def. Waist Santos by separate decision (48-47, 47-48, 49-46)
- Jan Weili def. Joanna Jejejczyk by technical knockout in the second round (rotating fist)
- Jake Matthews Def. Andre Fialo by technical knockout in the second round (shots)
- Jack Della Madalena def. Ramazan Emeev by technical knockout in the first round (strikes)
- Josh Coulibao def. Seungwoo Choi through a separate solution (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
- Hayisaer Maheshate def. Steve Garcia by knockout in the first round (kick)
- Brendan Allen Def. Jacob Malkun with unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Kyung Ho Kang def. Danae Batgerel with unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Silvana Gomez Juarez won. Liang Na by technical knockout in the first round (punches)
- Jocelyn Edwards def. Ramona Pascual with unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
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