Glover Teixeira

Glover Teixeira (born 28 October 1979) is a Brazilian-American mixed martial artist, now retired, who fought in the light heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He grew up in the rural community of Sobrália in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and moved to Danbury, Connecticut, in 1999, where he worked in landscaping while training in boxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. After years on the regional circuit, with bouts in WEC, Impact FC, PFC and Shooto, he signed with the UFC in 2012 and made his debut with a first-round submission of Kyle Kingsbury. He won the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship in October 2021 by submitting Jan Błachowicz, which made him the oldest first-time champion in the promotion's history at 42, and he lost the belt to Jiří Procházka in June 2022. He became a United States citizen in November 2020 and retired after a decision loss to Jamahal Hill in January 2023.