Light Heavyweight
Glover Teixeira
16-7-0
6'2"Height
76"Reach
OrthodoxStance
1979-10-28Born
6KO wins
7Sub wins
81.3%Finish rate
11:31Avg fight
Statistical profile
The shape of their game.
Percentile scores against UFC veterans — volume-aware, and honest about small samples. The rim is reserved for true specialists.
Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans
Career rates
Sig. strikes landed / min3.59
Sig. strikes absorbed / min4.47
Striking accuracy50.7%
Striking defense51.0%
Takedowns / 15 min2.04
Takedown accuracy33.6%
Takedown defense60.3%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.91
Control time29.6%
Record vs .500+ opponents15-7
Striking trend
Output, fight by fight.
Significant strikes landed per minute over the last 8 fights — green dots are wins, red are losses.
Fight history
Every walk to the cage.
23 UFC bouts, newest first. Tap a fight for the full stat line — opponent records are shown as of fight night.
L Jamahal Hill 5-1 walk-in TITLE Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill · 2023-01-21
75/160Sig. strikes
232/402Absorbed
2/17Takedowns
3:26Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Jiri Prochazka 2-0 walk-in TITLE Submission · R5 4:32 — UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka · 2022-06-11
111/161Sig. strikes
120/205Absorbed
5/17Takedowns
9:47Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Jan Blachowicz 11-5 walk-in TITLE Submission · R2 3:02 — UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira · 2021-10-30
23/39Sig. strikes
28/45Absorbed
2/6Takedowns
5:17Control
0Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
W Thiago Santos 13-6 walk-in Submission · R3 1:49 — UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira · 2020-11-07
46/63Sig. strikes
40/64Absorbed
4/7Takedowns
9:03Control
0Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
W Anthony Smith 8-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R5 1:04 — UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira · 2020-05-13
138/226Sig. strikes
86/210Absorbed
1/2Takedowns
7:58Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Nikita Krylov 7-4 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje · 2019-09-14
43/71Sig. strikes
47/95Absorbed
1/6Takedowns
4:20Control
0Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
W Ion Cutelaba 3-2 walk-in Submission · R2 3:37 — UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson · 2019-04-27
30/57Sig. strikes
74/135Absorbed
0/7Takedowns
1:02Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Karl Roberson 2-1 walk-in Submission · R1 3:21 — UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw · 2019-01-19
6/11Sig. strikes
24/30Absorbed
1/3Takedowns
1:46Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Corey Anderson 7-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith · 2018-07-22
20/46Sig. strikes
48/97Absorbed
0/4Takedowns
0:40Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Misha Cirkunov 4-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:45 — UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos · 2017-12-16
13/21Sig. strikes
21/43Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
0:44Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Alexander Gustafsson 9-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R5 1:07 — UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira · 2017-05-28
42/134Sig. strikes
97/228Absorbed
1/5Takedowns
0:33Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Jared Cannonier 2-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie · 2017-02-11
24/53Sig. strikes
21/46Absorbed
3/3Takedowns
10:37Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Anthony Johnson 12-5 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:13 — UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 · 2016-08-20
1/3Sig. strikes
4/8Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Rashad Evans 14-4-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:48 — UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans · 2016-04-16
6/17Sig. strikes
7/14Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:02Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Patrick Cummins 4-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 1:12 — UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 3 · 2015-11-07
54/102Sig. strikes
33/90Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:14Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Ovince Saint Preux 6-1 walk-in Submission · R3 3:10 — UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux · 2015-08-08
53/79Sig. strikes
30/54Absorbed
5/9Takedowns
8:47Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Phil Davis 8-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 179: Aldo vs Mendes 2 · 2014-10-25
9/46Sig. strikes
49/145Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:16Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Jon Jones 13-1 walk-in TITLE Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC 172: Jones vs Teixeira · 2014-04-26
53/192Sig. strikes
138/236Absorbed
0/5Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Ryan Bader 8-3 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:55 — UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Bader · 2013-09-04
14/24Sig. strikes
11/27Absorbed
1/4Takedowns
0:51Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W James Te Huna 5-1 walk-in Submission · R1 2:38 — UFC 160: Velasquez vs Silva 2 · 2013-05-25
12/22Sig. strikes
8/21Absorbed
1/2Takedowns
1:28Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Quinton Jackson 7-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC on FOX: Johnson vs Dodson · 2013-01-26
80/179Sig. strikes
53/169Absorbed
5/5Takedowns
3:36Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Fabio Maldonado 1-2 walk-in TKO - Doctor's Stoppage · R2 5:00 — UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar · 2012-10-13
85/145Sig. strikes
10/36Absorbed
3/3Takedowns
6:59Control
1Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Kyle Kingsbury 4-2 walk-in Submission · R1 1:53 — UFC 146: Dos Santos vs Mir · 2012-05-26
15/30Sig. strikes
5/19Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
1:07Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
How the record was built.
UFC bouts in this database — the full pre-UFC career fills in as the weekly career backfill reaches this fighter.
Wins by method
KO/TKO
6
Submission
7
Decision
3
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
2
Submission
1
Decision
4
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
23
Showing UFC fights only — this fighter's full pre-UFC career hasn't been synced yet. It will fill in as the weekly career backfill reaches them.
Division context
Measured against the division.
Versus the Light Heavyweight average, over 97 qualified fighters (5+ UFC fights, 30+ minutes of cage time). Green = better than average, red = worse; the tick mark is the division mean. "Strikes absorbed" counts lower as better.