Glover Teixeira vs. Jamahal Hill – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 21, 2023, in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Glover Teixeira will take on Jamahal “Sweet Dreams” Hill in the Light Heavyweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 283 card.

In this post, we will break down Glover Teixeira vs. Jamahal Hill matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 45-year-old, Glover Teixeira is coming in with a 33-8-0 record. Teixeira will be fighting for the first time since a loss via SUB against Jiri Prochazka at UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka in June.

Hill, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against Thiago Santos on June 11, 2022 at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill and holds a 11-1-0 (1 NC) record.

Glover Teixeira has an orthodox fighting stance with a 76″ reach. The 33-year-old, Jamahal Hill is an southpaw fighter with a 79″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Glover Teixeira:
→ Teixeira’s striking accuracy is 50%.
→ Teixeira lands 3.8 significant strikes per minute.
→ Teixeira’s takedown accuracy is 37%.
→ Teixeira’s takedown average is 2.2 per 15 minutes.
→ Teixeira’s takedown defense is 60%.

Teixeira comes in with 50% striking accuracy, typically landing about 3.8 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Hill fires at 52% accuracy, landing about 6.46 significant strikes per minute. Glover Teixeira also has a 37% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 2.2 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Hill’s 0 takedowns and 65% takedown accuracy.

Jamahal Hill:
→ Hill’s striking accuracy is 52%.
→ Hill lands 6.46 significant strikes per minute.
→ Hill’s takedown accuracy is 0%.
→ Hill’s takedown average is 0 per 15 minutes.
→ Hill’s takedown defense is 65%.

Jamahal spent on average 7:16 minutes in the Octagon and Glover has an average fight time of 9:46 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC 283 is live in , who do you think will win, Glover or Jamahal? Sound off in the comments.

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