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MANILA, Philippines – Following two straight disappointing defeats, one-time world title challenger Glover Teixeira has put the shimmer back in his mixed martial arts career after he submitted Ovince Saint Preux in the main event of UFC Fight Night 73 on Saturday, August 8 (Sunday, August 9 in Manila) at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
The 35-year-old Brazilian secured a rear-naked choke and rendered Saint Preux unconscious at the 3:10 mark of round 3.
Takedowns, ground-and-pound and clever topside grappling sustained Teixeira, who was dropped by Saint Preux’s left kick to the liver.
“He hurt me with the liver shot, and I had to take him down,” Teixeira admitted in his post-fight interview.
Teixeira immediately scrambled for a single-leg takedown after receiving the solid shot and managed to tie Saint Preux up long enough to recover.
Moments after crawling back to his feet, Teixeira caught another body kick aimed at the same spot, but he reversed it into his first of many takedowns and was easily able to gain mount to rain down hammerfists, elbows and forearm strikes.
Teixeira completed the last of his takedowns inside the first minute of the third round and compelled Saint Preux to surrender his back for a rear-naked choke.
Saint Preux refused to tap and eventually lost consciousness, forcing referee “Big” John McCarthy to step in and wave it off.
According to Fightmetric statistic, Teixeira converted 6 of his 10 takedown attempts and out-landed Saint Preux in total strikes with a 96-to-35 ratio.
With the impressive victory over Saint Preux, Teixeira snaps his two-fight losing skid and improves his professional record to 23-4.
After getting his hand raised in triumph, Teixeira called out current light heavyweight titleholder Daniel Cormier, who is scheduled to defend his gold-plated belt against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192 on October 4 (October 3 in US).
“I’m back,” he stated. “Cormier. I told you before I’m coming for you. I’m on the right track.”
On the other hand, Saint Preux downgrades his prizefighting standing to 18-7 and has been denied of passage to the upper tier of the 205-pound weight class.
A former linebacker of the University of Tennessee football team, Saint Preux received a warm welcome from the crowd, but the homecoming bout did not go as planned.
“I’m sorry I didn’t come out with the win,” Saint Preux said. “I’m not the type of person to lay down but I think I did a pretty good job. Even though he had [the choke] sunk in deep, I told myself he’s going to have to put me to sleep.” – Rappler.com
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