On the night of June 11-12, UFC 275 will take place. The main event of the evening will be a light heavyweight title fight. Glover Teixeira will fight against Jiri Prochazka. The fight will start on June 12 at 04:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Prochazka to win – 1.49.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Fight To Go The Distance – No – 1.21.
Much will depend on what scenario the fight takes place. If Glover manages to get his opponent to the parterre, sooner or later he will find a way to finish Jiri. If Prochazka’s success in the standup position Glover’ll be in a real treat. We believe that Jiri will be closer to victory, the difference in age could be the decisive factor here.
Glover took the belt from Jan Blachowicz early in his last fight. Throughout his career, Teixeira has been successful in the parterre. It was the Brazilian’s good parterre work that won him the title.
The age, however, is not really an advantage for the defending champion. Glover is 42 now, and he may not be physically prepared for all 5 rounds. However, let’s not forget that Glover knows how to bind his opponents in a clinch.
This will help him save energy and take the initiative. The fight with Blachowicz showed that Teixeira’s cardio wasn’t that bad, but then the meeting ended in the second round.
In general, throughout his career, Glover has won quite a lot of fights early. He has 19 first-round finishes to his credit.
Teixeira has six wins in a row.
Jiri is currently second in the rankings after two fights in the UFC. However, he has dealt with such stars as Volkan Oezdemir and Dominick Reyes.
Prochazka sent both of them to the KO. The last time Jiri lost was in 2015. Now, however, Jiri is on a streak of 12 straight wins in his professional career.
His strength is his punching power. Statistically, the Czech has 53% of his punches on target. Meanwhile, Prochazka has a career-high 23 early wins in the first round.
That kind of power may simply be too much for Glover to handle. However, Jiri himself has one disadvantage. He’s got a statistic of 19 missed punches per minute, which is clearly to Teixeira’s advantage.
None of Prochazka’s last 4 fights has reached the third round.
Rating – Champion
Age – 42
Height – 1.88
Weight – 93
Statistics – 32-7
Rating – 2
Age – 29
Height – 1.93
Weight – 93
Statistics – 28-3-1
Where will this fixture be played?
The event will take place at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore Singapore.
Which bookmaker has the best odds for this game?
We recommend checking out the odds for UFC: Teixeira vs Prochazka at Sportsbet.io and VBet.