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The Brazilian Glover Teixeira well he tried, but Jon Jones He showed why he is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. The champion managed to avoid the Brazilian athlete's initial effort to impose his game, control the fight and win with a unanimous decision from the judges. With the result, the American defended the light heavyweight belt for the seventh time. The fight was the main attraction of UFC 172, an event held on Saturday night (26), in Baltimore, in the United States.
The fight
Without losing since 2005, Glover Teixeira The fight started well against the champion. The Brazilian closed the distance and combined boxing blows to hit Jones, who tried two takedowns and failed. But halfway through the first half, Jon avoided the fight at close range and avoided the open exchange.
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The second round was Jones' turn to start better, repeating the tactic from the end of the previous round. But Teixeira recovered and landed good punches on his rival. The North American even put his finger in the Brazilian's eye on two occasions and was harshly warned by the central referee. However, no points were taken from the champion.
From the third round onwards Jones began to take control of the fight. With greater reach, the champion stretched one of his arms against Glover's face, keeping him away. In the gridiron game, Jon also used powerful elbows, which bloodied the Tupiniquim athlete's nose.
In the fourth and fifth rounds, where Jones was more comfortable and Glover was visibly more tired, the champion loosened up and finally managed to put the Brazilian on his back on the ground. In the end, Jon still let his guard down, but Teixeira was unable to be in danger.
After 25 minutes of fighting, Jon Jones derrotou Glover Teixeira in the unanimous decision of the judges with a triple 50×45.
Anthony Johnson surprise Phil Davis
The underdog showed up in the second most important fight at UFC 172. Phil Davis entered the octagon to face Anthony Johnson eyeing a chance to fight for the light heavyweight belt. But he was unable to impose his game at any point.
Johnson imposed the striking game and brilliantly avoided all of Davis' takedown attempts. With good combinations of blows, Anthony took the lead on the judges' scorecards.
In the third round, Phil Davis He tried to open the game, but was unable to even threaten his rival. Johnson, once again, connected the best blows and won the fight with a unanimous decision from the judges.
Rockhold finishes quickly and challenges Belfort
Still on the main card, Luke Rockhold claimed another victim in the UFC. The former Strikeforce champion took no notice of Tim Boetsch and submitted his rival in just over two minutes. As soon as the duel started, Rockhold closed the distance, got the takedown and could have finished with a hand triangle. But after stabilizing his position at '100 kg', he pulled Tim's arm and got the victory.
After the triumph, Luke Rockhold He wasted no time and challenged the Brazilian Vitor belfort, who knocked him out in May 2013. “I want the title, but first I need to square off with Vitor. Belfort, give me the rematch”, asked the American.
Check out the UFC 172 results below:
MAIN CARD
Jon Jones derrotou Glover Teixeira in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Anthony Johnson derrotou Phil Davis in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Luke Rockhold submitted Tim Boetsch with a Kimura in R1;
Jim Miller submitted Yancy Medeiros with a guillotine choke in R1;
Max Holloway finished André Fili with a guillotine in R1;
PRELIMINARY CARD
Joseph Benavidez finished Tim Elliott with a guillotine in R1;
Takanori Gomi defeated Isaac Vallie-Flagg by unanimous decision;
Bethe “Pitbull” Correia beat Jessamin Duke by unanimous decision;
Danny Castillo beat Charlie Brenneman by knockout in R2;
Chris Beal beat Patrick Williams by knockout in R2.
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