Dana White reveals Glover Teixeira will be first to get shot at Light Heavyweight championship after UFC 282

The light heavyweight championship might be vacant right now, but a former champion is gunning to be first in line.

Jiri Prochazka was counting down the days to his first light heavyweight title defense when he suffered a brutal shoulder injury that knocked him out of the UFC 282 main event.

The damage to his shoulder was so severe that Prochazka opted to vacate the 205-pound title rather than hold up the division in his absence.

That led to the fight between Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev becoming the new UFC 282 main event with the light heavyweight title on the line.

UFC President Dana White expects Prochazka to be sidelined for quite some time, which is what necessitated the decision to relinquish the title while he’s recovering from shoulder surgery.

Despite giving up the belt, White expects that Prochazka will still be viewed as the top light heavyweight in the world and he’ll get a shot to reclaim the title once he’s healthy again.

Unfortunately, White says that Prochazka probably won’t get that opportunity until after either Blachowicz or Ankalaev already defend the belt.

With Prochazka out of action, White added that former champion Glover Teixeira is already cemented as the No. 1 contender in the division and all signs point towards him getting either Blachowicz or Ankalaev next after UFC 282.

“100 percent [Glover is next],” White said. “The fight was offered to Glover. He didn’t want to take the fight. It will probably be two fights before Jiri comes back so it would be Glover.”

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