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Thiago Santos believes he can steal Israel Adesanya’s light heavyweight title shot. Ahead of the UFC Vegas 13 main event between Santos and Glover Teixeira, many thought the winner would get the next title shot. However, the UFC announced Israel …
Thiago Santos believes he can steal Israel Adesanya’s light heavyweight title shot. Ahead of the UFC Vegas 13 main event between Santos and Glover Teixeira, many thought the winner would get the next title shot. However, the UFC announced Israel Adesanya would move up in weight to fight Jan Blachowicz for the belt. It is […]
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Top UFC Light-heavyweight contender Thiago Santos expects to earn himself a title shot with a highlight reel win over Glover Teixeira at UFC Vegas 13. Speaking during the event’s media day Santos was asked his thought on the UFC looking to book Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya against Light-Heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz early next year, resulting […]
Top UFC Light-heavyweight contender Thiago Santos expects to earn himself a title shot with a highlight reel win over Glover Teixeira at UFC Vegas 13.
Speaking during the event’s media day Santos was asked his thought on the UFC looking to book Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya against Light-Heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz early next year, resulting in this main event seemingly not being for an immediate title shot.
“Yeah, we’ll see what’s going to happen after that fight,” Santos said regarding the matchup. “First I need to beat Glover Teixeira, I’m going to do by best and show everyone that I’m back and that I’m really number one contender and yeah, we will see what’s going to happen after I fight. I believe whoever wins the fight deserves to go for the title shot.”
“”I know Dana White spoke about Adesanya but no one knows, no one has contracts I need to do my best, and Saturday I need to win my fight and we will see.””
Santos himself has a history with the current Light-heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz, facing off against him in February of 2019 capturing the victory by stunning knockout in the third round. Since then Santos went on to a failed title shot against Jon Jones in which he severely injured his knee and was forced to take a long lay off from the sport.
His return bout against Glover Teixeira comes months in the making originally being scheduled as the main event on two prior dates, each being canceled and both fighters respectively tested positive for COVID-19.
Glover Teixeira is coming off a dominant victory over Anthony Smith in May, this fight saw the 41-year-old add to his winning streak taking it to a total of four coming into this weekend’s main event.
Do you think a win could put either fighter into a title shot?
While he expects Israel Adesanya to do well at light heavyweight, Glover Teixeira believes the middleweight champion will have to deal with some big differences. Teixeira takes on Thiago Santos this weekend in a bout that was initially expected to determine who would face Jan Blachowicz for the light heavyweight title next. However, UFC president […]
While he expects Israel Adesanya to do well at light heavyweight, Glover Teixeira believes the middleweight champion will have to deal with some big differences.
Teixeira takes on Thiago Santos this weekend in a bout that was initially expected to determine who would face Jan Blachowicz for the light heavyweight title next.
However, UFC president Dana White recently revealed that Adesanya would be moving up to challenge Blachowicz in an attempt to become a two-weight champion.
And Teixeira — currently on a three-fight winning streak — believes the extra 20 pounds will play a major factor for Adesanya despite his skillset.
“He’s good and would get to the top, for sure,” Teixeira told MMA Fighting. “He’s good as hell, good athlete, good fighter, super intelligent, and for sure would get to the top, but the weight [difference], everything counts.
“I know that because I train with heavyweights, and it’s hard. The fatigue, the pressure is different.”
As for Blachowicz? Teixeira didn’t expect him to become champion — at least in the way that he did so following a second-round TKO win over Dominick Reyes.
However, given that the fight was entirely on the feet, Teixeira warned Blachowicz that he can’t just stand still should they face each other in the future.
“He can’t stand still like that against me,” Teixeira added. “He has to move. If he doesn’t move, he’s going down. (Blachowicz and Reyes) didn’t shoot once in two rounds. I won’t just stand and trade with the guy, I’ll mix it up with strikes and takedowns, and that confuses him.”
At 41, this may well be the Brazilian’s last chance at becoming the light heavyweight champion and he could go one step closer with a win over the returning Santos on Saturday.
What do you make of Teixeira’s comments?
Glover Teixeira has sent a warning to Israel Adesanya ahead of his move to light heavyweight to challenge Jan Blachowicz for the belt. Although Adesanya is a very technical striker, the size difference could be an issue for the middleweight champion. F…
Glover Teixeira has sent a warning to Israel Adesanya ahead of his move to light heavyweight to challenge Jan Blachowicz for the belt. Although Adesanya is a very technical striker, the size difference could be an issue for the middleweight champion. For Teixeira, he also believes the pressure will be something “The Last Stylebender” will […]
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Top Light Heavyweight contenders Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira have been rescheduled for a third time, this time they are set to headline a November Fight Night card in a crucial light heavyweight bout. Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira were first set to headline a Fight Night card on Sept. 12 but Teixeira tested positive […]
Top Light Heavyweight contenders Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira have been rescheduled for a third time, this time they are set to headline a November Fight Night card in a crucial light heavyweight bout.
Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira were first set to headline a Fight Night card on Sept. 12 but Teixeira tested positive for COVID-19 and the fight was moved to Oct. 3. Unfortunately, then Thiago Santos tested positive for the virus leaving the fight to be re-booked to headline a Nov. 7 Fight Night card according to ESPN.
Santos opened up to the sports network about his sickness he said aid he experienced a headache and fatigue for “two or three days,” but has since fully recovered to 100% health.
Santos believes the fight makes too much sense as to why they decided to try and book it for the third time, with title implications on the horizon for the division.
“The fight makes sense and Glover and I deserve this position,” Santos said.
“We deserve to fight and see who gets the title shot. I had a good fight with Jon. For a lot of people, I won that fight. I should fight for the title again now, but a lot of things happened and Jan and Reyes are fighting — but I should be next. And I will prove this again when I fight Glover.”
While we haven’t seen Santos since his close decision loss to Jon Jones, Teixeira meanwhile is riding a 4 fight win streak and both top contenders will have a good chance at getting a title shot with a victory in November.
How do you see this fight playing out? Will the winner receive a title shot?
Michelle Waterson takes on Angela Hill in the main event spot at UFC Vegas 10 main event after Glover Teixeira tests positive for Covid-19.
Michelle Waterson returns to headline UFC Vegas 10 main event after Covid-19 forces yet another cancellation.
After Glover Teixeira tested positive for Covid-19, next Saturday’s UFC main event looked in crisis. However, according to BJPenn.com, Waterson vs. Hill has been promoted to the vacant main event slot.
The bout will also be upgraded to five rounds, which is very surprising considering the change is at such short notice. Short notice promotions to the main event usually involve the fight remaining three-rounds. For example, Last Saturday’s main event between Aleksandar Rakic and Anthony Smith remained only three-rounds. This was despite it being promoted to the main event at short notice following Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Yair Rodriguez falling through.
Michelle Waterson will be looking to put an end to her two-fight losing streak next Saturday. This streak consists of Waterson dropping a tight split decision to Carla Esparza at UFC 249, and losing to Joanna Jedrzejczyk by decision in the main event spot at UFC Tampa.
Angela Hill will also be looking to bounce back from defeat after a controversial split decision loss to Claudia Gadelha in May. This loss crushed her impressive three-fight winning streak. During her run, “Overkill” collected stoppage wins over Ariane Carnelossi, Hannah Cifers, and a decision win over Loma Lookboonmee. Hill currently sits at 13th in the UFCs strawweight rankings.
Waterson is no stranger to main eventing in the UFC, with this being her third. However, this is the first time Hill will be headlining a card. There is plenty to fight for in this five-round bout, with the winner having a good argument for challenging a top-five opponent and be only one or two wins away from a title shot.
Who do you think wins, Michelle Waterson or Angela Hill?