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Glover Teixeira's Defiance of Father Time at UFC 267 Is Why We Love MMA

It's tempting to call Glover Teixeira's UFC 267 light heavyweight title win a storybook ending, but doing so would ignore the fact that he still has chapters left to write.

Teixeira, 42, completed one of the most legendary career comebacks of all time in the card's main event, dominating Polish champion Jan Blachowicz—a big bettering favorite—en route to a second-round rear-naked choke victory. The Brazilian's age alone made his title win impressive—he's now the oldest first-time champion in UFC history—but his victory is made even more commendable by the fact that he's been counted out so many times before.