{"id":72342,"date":"2023-01-19T10:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T08:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betcentral.onpressidium.com\/?p=72342"},"modified":"2023-01-19T11:01:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T09:01:14","slug":"ufc-283-teixeira-v-hill-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/ufc\/ufc-283-teixeira-v-hill-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 283: Teixeira v Hill Predictions\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two titles hang in the balance as the UFC returns to Brazil for the first time in three years with a blockbuster card<\/a> to kick-start their 2023 pay-per-view offering on Saturday night (Sunday morning SA time), writes Quintin van Jaarsveld. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro will be rocking as local favourite Glover Teixeira looks to make a triumphant homecoming when he takes on the surging Jamahal Hill for the vacant light heavyweight championship in the main event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

History will be made in the co-headliner of UFC 283 as another returning hero, flyweight titleholder Deiveson Figueiredo and interim champion Brandon Moreno conclude the first-ever quadrilogy for undisputed gold.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three more Brazilian standouts feature on the main card – ex-welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns, who meets Neil Magny, former strawweight champion Jessica Andrade, who faces Lauren Murphy, and Johnny Walker, who battles Paul Craig in a clash of light heavyweight finishers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Glover Teixeira (2.20) v Jamahal Hill (1.71) (Light Heavyweight Championship)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The young, hungry kid that left Brazil decades ago to chase his UFC dream returns as a legend. An evergreen warrior with an indomitable spirit, Teixeira (33-8) did the unthinkable when he submitted Jan Blachowicz in 2021 to become the oldest first-time champion in UFC history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 43-year-old lost the belt but his legend grew as he went blow for blow with Jiri Prochazka in one of the greatest title fights in UFC history last June. Both men had opportunities to finish the other and won two rounds going into the fifth where the MMA madness saw Prochazka sync in a last-minute rear-naked choke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prochazka vacated the title due to a serious shoulder injury last November and the belt remained unclaimed after Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev fought to a split draw in December. Irritated by the championship dud, UFC president Dana White broke tradition at the post-event press conference by announcing Teixeira versus Hill (11-1) there and then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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43 years young and coming to get the belt back \ud83c\udfc6@GloverTeixeira<\/a> looks to reclaim gold Saturday at #UFC283<\/a>!

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https:\/\/t.co\/bJBGVm0j6V<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/vLL57gVh1Z<\/a><\/p>— UFC (@ufc) January 16, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>