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Ricco Rodriguez fought last night in Brazil against Glover Texeira and unfortunately it was over in less time than it took for “Suave” to board the plane for his 10.5 hour flight to Duque de Caxias.
Ricco was doing well until he was tagged by a headkick by the dangerous light heavyweight who is rumored to be UFC-bound, then it was all downhill from there.
Texeira, who used to train at “The Pit” with John Hackleman and Chuck Liddell before visa issues left him unable to travel abroad from Brazil, has been on the UFC’s radar for a while. I spoke to UFC VP of business development Chuck Liddell last summer and he mentioned that Glover would likely be making waves in the Octagon within the year if all went well and it looks like he was only a few months off in his prediction.