Teixeira to Fight Hill for Vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Title in Brazil

• Glover Teixeria and Jamahal Hill will fight for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title in Brazi next year
• Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev found to a split draw decision in the main event of UFC 282
• Teixeira was originally due to fight Jiri Prochazka for the title before the latter had to withdraw through injury

The UFC will look to crown a new light heavyweight champion when action resumes next year.

Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev fought for the vacant strap in the main event of UFC 282, but the fight was declared a split draw by judges.

With more questions than answers following the main event, UFC President Dana White confirmed that there will be a new title fight next year.

The organisation will head to Brazil for UFC 283 and it's where former champion, Glover Teixeira, and Jamahal Hill will fight for the title.

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Teixeira gets his title match

Teixeira was originally scheduled to fight for the belt at UFC 282, in a rematch against Jiri Prochazka. Prochazka withdrew from the bout due to injury and vacated the title, setting up the Blachowicz and Ankalaev main event.

Teixeira was not happy that he was excluded from a chance to fight for the belt but will get his chance once again.

White wasn't impressed

White will be hoping that the fight between Teixeira and Hill be a lot better than the UFC 282 main event. As reported by Bloody Elbow, the UFC boss was not impressed with how the fight played out.

“I think the main event was terrible. What are you gonna do?” he said at the press conference after the event.

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White's made the comment, adding that fighters couldn't rely on going the judges' scorecards because they felt they had won already. He urged fighters to go in and do everything they could to win so that it didn't need to be decided by the judges.

Ankalaev criticises the UFC

White's comments also were in response to Ankalaev's criticism of the scoring.

The Dagestani fighter believed that he won the fight and threatened to never fight for the organisation again because he felt hard done by the decision.

UFC 282: Blachowicz and Ankalaev go to war in a split draw title fight

The UFC is still without a light-heavyweight champion.

Poland's Jan Blachowicz and Dagestan's Magomed Ankalaev fought to a split draw decision in the main event of UFC 282, Sports Brief reported.

The fight went to the judges' scorecards, but neither fighter could be separated. One judge gave the fight to Blachowicz while the other gave the win to Ankalaev. The third judge saw the fights as a draw.