After Jiri Prochazka withdrew, Glover Teixeira declined to fight Magomed Ankalaev for the title at UFC 282 – but he has his reasons. Now former UFC light heavyweight champion Prochazka (29-3-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) suffered a severe shoulder injury that forced him to pull out of his Dec. 10 main event rematch against Teixeira (33-8 MMA, 16-6 UFC). Prochazka vacated his belt out of respect to the division, and the promotion angled for a title fight between Teixeira and Ankalaev. But having to game plan for a different style of opponent, Teixeira said he turned down the fight.
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