G. Teixeira in victory over A. Smith. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @ufc
The Brazilian Glover Teixeira certainly have reasons to smile after the UFC Smith x Teixeira, held this Wednesday (13), in Jacksonville (USA). After putting on a real show in the victory against Anthony Smith, in the main fight of the night, the Minas Gerais native won one of the 'Performance of the Night' bonuses and will take home the sum of US$50 thousand (around R$294,5 thousand), as well as Drew dober, who was also awarded for the presentation. brian kelleher and Hunter Azure starred in 'Fight of the Night'. The information was communicated to the press by the Ultimate board.
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From underdog to king of the night. This was the script followed by Glover in this Wednesday's main fight. The light heavyweight (up to 93kg.), who stepped into the octagon to face one of the main names in the division, suffered at the beginning, but managed to recover and showed that he can still face the elite athletes in the group led by Jon Jones. Now, the Brazilian eagerly awaits his next commitment to Ultimate.
Another athlete to win the award for performance, Drew dober arrived at the show with the difficult task of facing the dangerous Alexander Hernandez. With a confident performance, the North American managed to control in the second round and, at 4:25, scored a knockout that declared his third consecutive victory in the company.
The fight considered 'Fight of the Night' came from the preliminary card. In the second confrontation on the card, brian kelleher and Hunter Azure fought a real battle inside the Octagon. More experienced, Brian tried to take away his rival's unbeaten record in the Octagon, and he succeeded.
After a very busy and aggressive confrontation, Kelleher managed a brutal knockout of Hunter in the second round and reached the 21st victory in his career.
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