The light heavyweight title is vacant no more as Jamahal Hill defeated former champion Glover Teixeira in the main event of Saturday's UFC 283 to win the title.
Hill won a unanimous decision in dominant fashion (50-44 x 3) for his first UFC title and fourth straight victory. With the win, he becomes the first ever fighter off Dana White's Contender Series to win a title.
Afterward, the 42-year-old Teixeira (33-9) retired in the cage, calling it good in a career that lasted more than two decades and began in Brazil -- the same country in which last night's PPV took place.
He first won the title in October 2021 by defeating Jan Blachowicz and subsequently lost the following June to Jiri Prochazka in what many consider the best fight of 2022.
The title was vacated when Prochazka suffered a severe shoulder injury late last year. Blachowicz fought Magomed Ankalaev to a draw in December, resulting in White making a different fight for the title.
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In the co-main event, interim flyweight champion Brandon Moreno defeated reigning champion Deiveson Figueiredo by third round TKO to unify the titles.
The doctor stopped the fight between rounds as Figueiredo's right eye was so swollen, he couldn't see.
It was the fourth fight between the two dating back to December 2020 and likely will be their last as Figueiredo announced afterward that he is moving up to bantamweight.
After their first was a majority draw, they split the next two fights. It's Moreno's second reign with the undisputed title.
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Teixeira's retirement wasn't the only one for a former Brazilian UFC light heavyweight champion as Mauricio "Shogun" Rua officially retired after his loss to Ihor Potieria by first round knockout.
It was the third straight defeat for the 41-year-old, ending a career that also began more than two decades ago.
First rising to stardom in the rings of PRIDE, Rua debuted in the UFC with a September 2007 loss to Forrest Griffin. He rebounded with back-to-back TKO wins over Chuck Liddell and Mark Coleman.
He lost in his first bid to win the title in a controversial decision loss to then-champion Lyoto Machida in October 2009. He defeated Machida by first round knockout in their May 2010 rematch before losing the title to Jon Jones the following March. He would never fight for the title again.
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Former UFC and WEC featherweight champion Jose Aldo was officially announced as being inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame during the pay-per-view.
After a three-fight win streak at bantamweight, Aldo lost to Merab Dvalishvili last August and retired shortly afterward.
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