UFC Nashville blew the roof off Bridgestone Area this previous weekend (Sat., July 12, 2025) in Nashville, Tenn., leaving a number of fighters feeling the post-fight blues. Amongst them was Calvin Kattar, who suffered his fifth straight loss after arising quick towards Steve Garcia.
And Junior Tafa, who had a impolite welcome to the Mild Heavyweight division after he was submitted by Tuco Tokkos within the second spherical (see it right here). However, which fighter is affected by the worst post-fight hangover, now just a few days faraway from the present?
Tallison Teixeira.
Coming into his headlining bout towards Derrick Lewis, Teixeira was taking an enormous step up n competitors. In spite of everything, the 25 year-old had only one battle beneath the UFC banner — a knockout win over Justin Tafa — after incomes his approach in by way of the Contender Collection.
And it didn’t take lengthy for it to point out.
Teixiera clipped “Black Beast” early with a stable strike to his proper eye, which bothered the hulking large man, and had lots of people questioning if it wasn’t a watch poke. After shaking it off, Lewis rushed the towering heavyweight and clipped him with a bomb that dropped him. “Black Beast” pounced, and whereas he did join just a few pictures, they weren’t all clear, which is why many individuals referred to as early stoppage (see it once more right here). Nonetheless, Lewis received the win and Teixeira tasted defeat for the primary time.
For Teixeira, it was his first defeat and big lesson contained in the cage towards one of the vital skilled large males within the sport. Certain, a win would have been large for his profession, however it reveals that attempting to go too quick typically merely isn’t value it. Hindsight is alway 20/20, however taking a lower-ranked, maybe much less skilled large man would have been the highway to take.
On the intense facet, Teixiera is simply 25 years of age and has been a professional for just a bit over 4 years, so time is unquestionably on his facet. He has the time to get higher and discover ways to tempo himself when the opposition requires it. I absolutely count on him to nonetheless be a head-hunter, too, and he can rack up wins in a rush as he has proven previously.
So far as what might be subsequent for him, maybe a showdown towards Mick Parkin is so as. Like Teixeira, Parkin is coming off his first-ever defeat by the hands of Marcin Tybura earlier this 12 months. Previous to that, Parkin had gained 10 in a row, together with his first 4 fights beneath the UFC banner. Anyway, that’s out suggestion, care to supply yours?
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