Islam Makhachev has made his claim for a Lightweight title shot virtually undeniable at UFC 267 when he managed to submit Dan Hooker with a vicious Kimura in the very first round. It didn’t take long at all, with the fight being over and done with before the third minute even started, marking the quickest that anybody has ever managed to finish ‘The Hangman’. This wasn’t the only impressive finish on the card however, as Khamzat Chimaev needed even less time to submit BJJ black belt Li Jingliang, despite only recently being promoted to blue belt himself and coming into this fight off a rather nasty COVID infection that nearly ended his career altogether.
Other than Islam Makhachev potentially earning himself a title-shot, there was also two titles up for grabs at UFC 267, the Light-Heavyweight title and an interim Bantamweight title. Petr Yan and Cory Sandhagen were awarded fight of the night honours for an exciting match that Yan dominated the majority of, earning the interim title and confirming that he has the next shot to avenge his DQ loss to current title-holder Aljamain Sterling. In the main-event, Glover Teixeira shocked the crowd and fans everywhere by turning back the clock and submitting Jan Blachowicz in the second round with a rear-naked choke after taking his back, etching his name in the history books as the latest in a long line of Light-Heavyweight champions.
UFC 267 Full Results
Glover Teixeira defeats Jan Blachowicz via Submission – Rear-naked Choke (Rd 2, 3:02)
Petr Yan defeats Cory Sandhagen via Decision – Unanimous (49-46, 49-46, 49-46)
Islam Makhachev defeats Dan Hooker via Submission – Kimura (Rd 1, 2:25)
Alexander Volkov defeats Marcin Tybura via Decision – Unanimous (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Khamzat Chimaev defeats Li Jingliang via Submission – Rear-naked Choke (Rd 1, 1:36)
Magomed Ankalaev defeats Volkan Oezdemir via Decision – Unanimous (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Preliminary Card
Amanda Ribas defeats Virna Jandiroba via Decision – Unanimous (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Zubaira Tukhugov defeats Ricardo Ramos via Decision – Unanimous (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Albert Duraev defeats Roman Kopylov via Decision – Unanimous (30-27, 29-27, 29-27)
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos defeats Benoit St. Denis via Decision – Unanimous (29-26, 29-26, 29-26)
Michal Oleksiejczuk defeats Shamil Gamzatov via Knockout – Punches (Rd 1, 3:31)
Lerone Murphy defeats Makwan Amirkhani via Knockout – Knee (Rd 2, 0:14)
Andre Petroski defeats Hu Yaozong via Submission – Arm-triangle Choke (Rd 3, 4:46)
Tagir Ulanbekov defeats Allan Nascimento via Decision – Split (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
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