LOS ANGELES – Mauricio “Shogun” Rua headlines Saturday’s UFC on FOX 4 card against Brandon Vera, and he does so just two months removed from being linked to a fight his boss says he had no interest in.
The UFC targeted a fight between Rua and recent promotional newcomer Glover Teixeira earlier this summer, but Rua, White said, had no interest in the matchup.
Instead, Teixeira now will meet Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 153. But on Thursday, White said other light heavyweights not exactly lining up to fight him is something Teixeira might have to get used to.