5 most explosive moments from UFC 275: Glover Teixeira vs. Jiri Prochazka

#2. Glover Teixeira and Jiri Prochazka treat the crowd to a classic war

Glover Teixeira's clash with Jiri Prochazka was an incredibly explosive fight overall

UFC 275’s light heavyweight title headliner between Glover Teixeira and Jiri Prochazka always sounded like a potentially great fight on paper thanks to the aggression and finishing skills of both men. To say they didn’t disappoint would be an understatement.

In the end, these two fighters put on an all-time classic war, and while Prochazka ended up coming out on top – claiming UFC gold in the process – there’s every chance that the promotion might look to sign an instant rematch given how good the fight was.

Literally from the opening round, the two light-heavyweights went back-and-forth, with both men landing some huge shots both on the feet and on the ground.

While many fans expected Teixeira to have a big advantage on the ground, Prochazka quickly proved that he could also thrive down there, while in contrast, the Brazilian also showed that he could hurt ‘Denisa’ with his power punches on the feet.

By the end of the fourth round, it felt like either man could still find a way to win if they could push hard enough. In the end, it was Prochazka who seemed to have a little more in the tank – and that allowed him to latch onto a surprising rear-naked choke to coax a tap from the champion.

Overall, there was more explosive action in this fight than any title fight in recent memory, and both men were deservedly handed a $50k bonus for the Fight of the Night award.

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#1. Weili Zhang ends Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s UFC run with a violent knockout

Weili Zhang settled the score with Joanna Jedrzejczyk by knocking her out violently

While the fight wasn’t as good as their original meeting – and to be fair, it was never likely to be – the most explosive moment of UFC 275 came in the rematch between Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Where their first bout saw both women take a ludicrous amount of damage across five rounds, with neither being able to find the killer blow, that wasn’t the case here.

This time, Zhang – who looked one step ahead of the former champion throughout – caught Jedrzejczyk in the second round with a perfect spinning backfist, sending her face-first to the canvas and switching her lights off in an instant.

The shot basically came out of nowhere, and will undoubtedly be remembered as one of 2022’s best finishes when all is said and done – particularly as after the fight, Jedrzejczyk decided to announce her retirement from MMA.

Will this explosive finish propel Zhang back towards the UFC strawweight title? It definitely seems possible. Dana White already stated that the winner of this bout would face champion Carla Esparza next – and ‘Magnum’ appears to match up well with ‘The Cookie Monster’.

Overall, though, this was not only the best finish of her octagon career thus far, it was easily the most explosive moment of last night’s show, too.