Former world light heavyweight title challenger Glover Teixeira turned wrestler in his UFC Fight Night main event against Ovince Saint Preux at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., and that strategy worked like a charm, as he spoiled the Knoxville, Tenn., resident’s homecoming bout with a third-round submission win.
“I’m back,” Teixeira, who was coming off back-to-back losses against Jon Jones and Phil Davis, said. “My last performance was bad, and I told myself if I was going to keep fighting like this, I want to stop. So I restarted.”
That he did, putting the No. 4-ranked contender from Danbury, Conn., back in the title hunt at 205 pounds.
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