When Jon Jones Absolutely Annihilated Glover Teixeira

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Current light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira locked horns with Jon Jones at UFC 172, back in 2014.

Jones held the same title back then, and defended it against the veteran successfully.

Jones was already known to breeze through his opponents effortlessly.

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But the expectations were set really high as the challenger Glover was on 20-fight win-streak to get the title shot.

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With that Jones defended his title for the 7th consecutive time.

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He is all set to defend his title for the first time, this weekend, against Jiri Prochazka.

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When Jon Jones Absolutely Annihilated Glover Teixeira

Jones was already known to breeze through his opponents effortlessly.

But the expectations were set really high as the challenger Glover was on 20-fight win-streak to get the title shot.

With that Jones defended his title for the 7th consecutive time.

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