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Boxing Legend Teddy Atlas Dubs UFC 275 as Thrilla in Singapore Compares It to The Rumble in the Jungle and Thrilla in Manila

Published 06/15/2022, 8:30 AM EDTBy UFC 275 was the first-ever pay-per-view event that took place inside the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. The event featured two amazing title fights in the main and co-main event. ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad The event saw Jiri submit Glover via a rear-naked choke with just 28 seconds remaining in the last round to become the new light heavyweight champion. ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad Meanwhile, in the co-main event, Valentina delivered a stunner to defend her flyweight title against Taila . The other fights on the card also displayed some good actions. One was the UFC strawweight bout where former champion Zhang defeated one of the best women’s fighters, Joanna , via a knockout. UFC 275 surely lived up to the hype as it delivered some of the best fights of this year. Therefore, boxing legend Teddy Atlas compared it with one of the greatest fights in combat sports history. In his podcast, THE FIGHT with Teddy Atlas, the boxing legend said, “ WATCH THIS STORY:

The main event of UFC 275 was seconds away from breaking a huge UFC record

The action-packed light heavyweight title bout between Jiri Prochazka vs. Glover Teixeira was just a away from breaking a big record in the UFC. The record of the stoppage in a title fight. ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad A flyweight title fight that took place at UFC 189 in 2015 holds the record. Demetrious and Kyoji Horiguchi went to war against each other for the flyweight gold. ALSO READ: ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad Both the men took it to the distance. However, ‘DJ’ dominated the challenger on the mat and quickly caught him in an arm bar. Horiguchi tapped out at the 4:59 minute mark. The fight ended just one second before the final bell, making an amazing record in the promotion. What are your thoughts on Atlas’s words? What do you guys think of the record? Let us know in the comments section below.

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