latest news for the Glover Teixeira vs Jamahal Hill light heavyweight

UFC 283 The most recent information on the light heavyweight title fight between Glover Teixeira and Jamahal Hill Glover Teixeira, a veteran Brazilian puncher, says he has a unique motive for the fight at UFC 283, despite the age gap between him and his American opponent. Glover Teixeira lost the light heavyweight championship trophy in his final UFC match. He now wants it returned. Eight years have passed since the Brazilian last competed at home, and on Sunday at UFC 283, he will face off against American Jamahal Hill with a boisterous Rio crowd at his back. The enduring 43-year-old was scheduled to face Jiri Prochazka again for his championship in December, but the bout was cancelled and the belt released following the withdrawal of the Czech due to a shoulder issue. The UFC chose Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev to compete for the title in its rush to name a new champion, but after a dismal split-decision tie in Las Vegas, the pendulum has swung back to the previous champion. Now, whether by chance or providence, Teixeira fulfils his dream. He will compete at home for the UFC light heavyweight title. "I want to combat here" (in Rio). "I was planning on asking for the fight to be here if I won the belt and the fight in Singapore (against Prochazka), and I did ask, but Jiri didn't want to come here," Teixeira told News Corp.

It is significant. Although I like fighting worldwide, I haven't been back here in over eight years. I'm thrilled about the possibility to win the championship in front of a Brazilian audience now that I'm back here and competing for it. "I'm quite appreciative," Teixeira defeated Blachowicz at UFC 267 in Abu Dhabi in October 2021, making him the second-oldest UFC champion in history. Hill, who will face him on Sunday, is 12 years younger than him and has already amassed a highlight reel of brutal knockouts, none more remarkable than his first-round stoppage of Johnny Walker in February of last year. However, the Brazilian, who is now in his third decade in MMA and has made it a practise of proving that age is only a number Over that time, naysayers were mistaken. Teixeira stated, "I just love to do it; I love to do this, and I'm still fairly good.

"I'm in terrific health, have no serious injuries, and continue to do really well in this activity." I lost the most recent battle (against Prochazka), but up until I got caught in the choke, I was winning. Therefore, I am not finished. "What drives me is competing for the belt and trying to be the greatest in the world." "Man, I'm living the dream." Hill's finest work is done on his feet, and he has rapidly made a name for himself as one of the 205-pound division's most vicious strikers. I have a lot of respect for him, but when the American was knocked to the ground by Paul Craig at UFC 263, things went horribly wrong. Jamahal's arm was dislocated, and the outcome was his first and only UFC defeat. Teixeira declared, "He's a tremendous fighter, and this is a perfect opportunity for me to demonstrate once more that I'm the greatest." "This one is going to be fun," I said, "I'm going to grab him and take him down. He has to be frightened about being brought down because those hands can't go in and get at you (on the floor)."