UFC 275 LIVE: Jiri Prochazka wins light heavyweight title from Glover Teixeira plus full results
Re-live round-by-round updates from two title fights and a stacked card in Singapore
Jiri Prochazka submitted Glover Teixeira with fewer than 30 seconds left in the main event of UFC 275, winning the light heavyweight title at the end of an enthralling, turbulent fight on Sunday.
Teixeira entered Singapore’s Indoor Stadium as the second-oldest champion in UFC history at 42 years old, making the first defence of the belt that he won late last year. Prochazka, fighting in the UFC for just the third time, was positioned as the young lion set to take over the pride at 205lbs, although the Czech challenger had collected significant experience outside the UFC before debuting in the promotion in 2020. Prochazka, 29, has held titles in other organisations but can now call himself the best light heavyweight in the world, having won the UFC gold with this rear-naked-choke victory over an aged but game Teixeira.
In the co-main event, Valentina Shevchenko retained her flyweight title with a controversial split-decision win against huge underdog Taila Santos (48-47, 47-48, 49-46), after Zhang Weili knocked out fellow former women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Zhang finished the Pole emphatically in Round 2 of their rematch, defeating Jedrzejczyk with a spinning back fist. The pair had previously fought in 2020, with Zhang emerging victorious via split decision. Following Saturday’s rematch, Jedrzejczyk announced her retirement from MMA and left her gloves in the ring – a symbolic gesture for calling time on one’s fighting career.
Re-live UFC 275, below.
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Zhang vs Jedrzejczyk – Round 2
Zhang receives a body kick then lands a right hand and body kick combination of her own.
And now Zhang knocks out Joanna cold with a spinning back fist!!! Wow!!!
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Zhang vs Jedrzejczyk – Round 1
Zhang is in mount this time and throws some slicing elbows! She already leads 47-1 in ground strikes, and her tally is rapidly rising with a minute to go in this opening round!
Somehow Joanna again manages to create the space to stand... Zhang overcommits on a right hand and eats one from Joanna.
Zhang catches a body kick and takes down Joanna right on the buzzer!
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Zhang vs Jedrzejczyk – Round 1
Joanna lands a leg kick, and Zhang comes over the top with an overhand right.
This time Joanna tags the Chinawoman in a close-range exchange of punches. Now a heavy low kick sees Zhang momentarily drop to the mat.
She’s quickly back up and takes down Joanna! Zhang starts pouring on hard punches.
Joanna does well to create enough space to stand, before somewhat of a mutual takedown between the former champions!
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Zhang won the first fight via split decision.
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We’re racing through this main card... or rather, the fighters are!
It’s already time for arguably the most-anticipated bout of the night: Zhang Weili vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk 2.
The women’s strawweight contest is a rematch of the pair’s 2020 meeting, which is deemed by most to be one of the greatest MMA fights of all time.
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Jake Matthews def. Andre Fialho via second-round knockout (2:24).
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Fialho vs Matthews – Round 2
More of the same from Round 1... Fialho applies pressure but is made to pay for it...
Some wide hooks land for Matthews, and Fialho’s legs buckle! Surely he’ll be going down soon...
He does! Matthews picks his shots well and crumples Fialho against the fence! It’s a right straight that does the job in the end!
What a performance.
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Fialho vs Matthews – Round 1
Fialho comes forward in the early phases. Matthews with some leg kicks to try to keep his opponent at bay.
Matthews lands a glancing right overhand while leaping forward, before going southpaw.
He’s starting to tag Fialho with counter shots as the Portuguese backs him up... A couple of heavy blows get through...
But Fialho fires back and drops Matthews! He ends the round on top of the Australian!
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