It didn’t take lengthy for Tallison Teixeira to make a press release in his Octagon debut at UFC 312.
The 6’7″ heavyweight appeared to impose his will early, taking pictures for a takedown and urgent his opponent, Justin Tafa, in opposition to the fence. Tafa defended the takedown try effectively, however a knee to the midsection from Teixeira opened up a possibility for the Brazilian to land a vicious proper elbow to the face of Tafa, sending him crashing to the canvas instantly.
With Tafa turtling up in opposition to the cage, Teixeira unleashed just a few ground-and-pound strikes that in the end pressured the referee to step in and name for a stoppage lower than a minute into the heavyweight scrap.
Official Consequence: Tallison Teixeira def. Justin Tafa through TKO (elbow) at 0:35 of Spherical 1.
try highlights from Tallison Teixeira vs. Justin Tafa at UFC 312:
Tallison Teixeira KO’s Justin Tafa in 35 seconds
What a debut for Teixeira
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— Zach “🅂🄲🄷🅄🅉” Schumaker (@_SchuZ_) February 9, 2025
