The old guy who has been contemplating retirement and the newcomer in just his third bout in the promotion combined in the main event of UFC 275 for one of the best, most exciting and most unpredictable fights in MMA history.
Veteran Glover Teixeira, the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, was hurting Jiri Prochazka throughout the fifth round and seemingly on his way to a decision victory.
Teixeira had Prochazka pinned in the final minute and was blasting him with shots. But Prochazka managed to reverse, got Teixeira’s back and choked him out at 4:32 of the fifth round to win the light heavyweight title Saturday at Singapore Indoor Stadium.