September 17, 2024 10:01 pm ET
Tallison Teixeira added one other nasty knockout to his spotlight reel Tuesday – and a UFC contract might comply with, as effectively.
At Dana White’s Contender Series 72, Teixeira (7-0) absorbed blows from a recreation Arthur Lopes (6-2) earlier than he landed a large knockout with a right-hand and hammerfist. The stoppage got here at 1:57 of Spherical 2 on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
ONE SHOT POWER 👊
Tallison Teixeira provides one other first spherical end to his resume! #DWCS pic.twitter.com/4Ki9tZWxWi
— UFC (@ufc) September 18, 2024
At 6-foot-7, Teixeira would match Robelis Despaigne and Alexander Volkov because the tallest fighter on the promotion’s roster proper now. All seven of his fights have ended inside the space together with six knockouts and one submission. Lopes loses for the primary time since 2015. Previous to Tuesday’s struggle he had solely competed as soon as since August 2018.
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