Glover Teixeira, 41 years old with a 188cm arm span of 193cm, is a 205-pound light heavyweight athlete with an MMA record of 32 wins and 7 losses, including 18 ko and 9 surrender wins. Be a champion challenger who has been active in the welterweight rankings!
One, 20 consecutive wins to challenge the bones
Joining the UFC in 2012 with a (17-2) score and 15 consecutive wins, the 33-year-old, somewhat older masculine player, was a five-game winning streak at first glance, and four of these five wins ended by surrendering.
In UFC 172 in April 2014, Teixeira challenged light heavyweight overlord Jon Jones with a 20-game winning streak, but after five rounds of fighting, he lost. It is undeniable that Jones's talent is indeed above Lao Xie, but his eye-catching Dafa also makes Lao Xie very distressed, which makes boxing fans very angry. That night, Jones won the game and lost wood.
However, challenging the title isn't Teixeira's only motivation. He said a long time ago that one of the purposes of his coming to UFC was to entertain boxing fans, he wanted to make people like him, and he wanted to see his brilliant matches. After 17 games inside the octagon, the Brazilian heavy gunner has clearly achieved that.
Second, the ups and downs of the career
In the match after losing to Bones, he experienced some ups and downs, alternating 3 wins and 2 losses.
After Teixeira lost to Phil Davis in October of the same year, he began to play a three-game winning streak in 2015, but in the next game, in 2016, he was directly kicked in the teeth by the "weight loss brother" Johnson, making him the strongest background board like "Slipper Brother" Ascolan.
From 2017 to 2018, Teixeira played another record of 1 win and 2 losses, and after these defeats, Lao Xie was reduced to a second-rate boxer from the former champion challenger.
UFC executives also think that he stopped and will eventually fade out of the octagon cage with the label of a famous player, commercial promotion and championship honor should not belong to the veteran, but Lao Xie seized every opportunity after that and saved the second five consecutive wins of his UFC career!
Third, the later years of his career reappeared in the highlight
From the beginning of 2019, Teixeira suddenly recovered from his form, winning all 4 appearances and surrendering to opponents such as Carl Robertson and Iron Coultereba. In May 2020, Teixeira scored a five-legged tie in a headline battle with Lionheart Anthony Smith, bringing the number of consecutive wins to four.
In November 2020, on UFC Fighting Night 182, Teixeira became more and more courageous after being knocked down twice by the number one challenger "Hammer Brother" Santos, and with his strong fighting skills and ground suppression ability, he finally surrendered Santos in the third round! In the later years of his career, he reproduced a wave of five consecutive wins!
UFC chairman Bai Dana said after the game: "His performance proved me wrong, and what is even more ridiculous is that every time I exclude Lao Xie, he can always play back, he has performed so well tonight. We have to point out that I will be very serious about his requirements for a championship game and I will never doubt this guy."
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Teixeira impressed the boss with his outstanding performance, and in large-scale confrontations, players rely more on heavy blows to win than on large-scale fast-moving five-round physical fitness, so Old Xie may continue his career for several more years. He is heading for the role of UFC Evergreen, and after six years, he deserves the label of a second championship battle.
Looking ahead to the veteran's crown in September
Teixeira, 41, wants to make history, "I feel like it's my last chance to win the championship gold belt, although I'm enjoying the race now because my life is already good. Of course, who wouldn't want to be a champion? It felt so good to take home the gold belt and hang it on the wall. ”
On September 5, 2021, the UFC266.Teixeira vs Bračović championship match was officially finalized for the headline main event of the night. Whatever the outcome, the 41-year-old veteran boxer, who is still obsessed with championship fighting, is a testament to his greatness in the sport!