The last time Teixeira was in this position, he had won 20 fights in a row before dropping a unanimous decision to Jon Jones in 2014. But standing in his way will be Teixeira, who comes into another title opportunity riding a five-fight winning streak. With Jon Jones moving up to heavyweight permanently, Blachowicz will have the opportunity to carve out his legacy in the 205-pound division. It will be the second defense of his title since claiming the vacant crown when he stopped Dominick Reyes in September 2020. MORE: Sign up to watch the UFC 267 PPV, exclusively on ESPN+Īside from the main event, UFC 267 will also see Petr Yan and Cory Sandhagen square off for the interim bantamweight championship and the right to face current champion Aljamain Sterling when he’s able to return to action.īlachowicz returns to action for the first time since his unanimous decision victory over Israel Adesanya back in March.

UFC 267 also marks the first non pay-per-view numbered event in the United States since UFC 138 back in 2011.īut just because it is a free show, don’t think that it’s lacking in some fantastic fights. The UFC returns to Abu Dhabi on October 30 for UFC 267 where Jan Blachowicz will defend his light heavyweight championship against Glover Teixeira.

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