UFC 267: Błachowicz vs. Teixeira was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 30, 2021, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
UFC 267: Ring girls| Results| Play by play| Stream
Ring girls:
Retired UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov recently spoke out on ring girls used in MMA and boxing fights, claiming he saw no use for them in the sport.
During a press conference, he said: “Look, I don’t want to offend anyone, ring girls are the most useless people in martial arts. What is their purpose?”
He then continued to explain how, when he used to watch Fight Night with his late father, he felt uncomfortable whenever the ring girls showed up on screen.
Results:
- Glover Teixeira def. Jan Blachowicz (c) via second-round submission (rear-naked choke)
- Petr Yan (ic) def. Cory Sandhagen via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46)
- Islam Makhachev def. …
- Alexander Volkov def. …
- Khamzat Chimaev def. …
- Magomed Ankalaev def. …
- Amanda Ribas def. …
- Zubaira Tukhugov def.
Results:
The win completed an unlikely fairy tale story for Teixeira, who went on a five-fight winning streak to secure a second chance at the title after losing to then-champion Jon Jones in April 2014.
Play by play:
In a rare move, UFC removed a referee from its UFC 267 event Saturday, immediately following his performance in a preliminary welterweight bout.
The promotion pulled referee Vyacheslav Kiselev from the event after he declined to stop the welterweight bout between Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos and Benoit Saint-Denis. Zaleski dos Santos, of Brazil, hurt Saint-Denis with right hands in the second round and followed up with a long series of unanswered punches and knees.
Stream:
| Date | October 30, 2021 | |||
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| Venue | Etihad Arena | |||
| City | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | |||
| Attendance | 10,171 | |||
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Teixeira came out aggressively in the fight, which took place at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, scoring an early takedown in Round 1 and keeping Blachowicz on the defensive for the entire first five minutes.
The takedown didn’t come quite so easily in the second round and Blachowicz seemed to be getting on track when Teixeira landed a crushing left hand that hurt the champion.
