For the fourth straight fight, Glover Teixeira is a betting underdog.

Former champ Teixeira (33-8 MMA, 16-6 UFC) meets Jamahal Hill (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) for the vacant light heavyweight title at UFC 283 on Jan. 21 in Rio de Janeiro.

Being an underdog is not unfamiliar territory for Teixeira, who wasn’t favored to win against Jiri Prochazka, Jan Blachowicz or Thiago Santos. Teixeira stopped both Santos and Blachowicz, and was up 3-1 on two of the judges’ scorecards against Prochazka at UFC...

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