After a dominant unanimous decision victory over Rampage Jackson, the big question in Glover Teixeira’s future is who should he fight next? The Brazilian top contender has made it very clear that he wants to stay active, and that he does not believe that he is the number one contender. With the majority of the Light Heavyweight division’s top contenders busy, there aren’t too many options that will bring Teixeira to a title shot. One option would be a man who fought on the Fox 6 card, and that is Ryan Bader. Bader is two and three in his last three, with the only loss coming to Lyoto Machida. Bader is undoubtedly a top ten fighter, but the question is will this fight bring Teixeira closer to a title shot. In my opinion, no. Another option would be Mauricio Shogun Rua. This fight was supposed to happen a while back, but Shogun thought it was too much risk for so little reward. There is no doubt now that this fight would be a war, and Shogun can’t deny that Teixeira has made a name for himself. Other than that, Glover would have to wait for some other fights in the coming months to resolve. With the way that fighters have been getting injured, if I were Teixeira I would be staying in shape in case the UFC comes calling for a replacement. Regardless I think that Teixeira will probably get Bader or he will wait for maybe the loser of Henderson vs. Machida, or Gustafsson vs. Mousasi.
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– Josh Leduc.