Elias Theodorou’s in-cage style may not be the most crowd pleasing, but it has quietly positioned him for a run at the UFC’s middleweight elite. Theodorou and Derek Brunson have traded barbs on social media and it seems the pair are ready to throw hands.
“He is someone who has shown that he fights a little scared,” the Canadian said of Brunson, when speaking to former UFC fighter Kajan Johnson and Bloody Elbow’s Shakiel Mahjouri on Saturday’s Pull No Punches podcast. “He sometimes lets the win slip out of his hands and I have shown time and time again where I’m someone who can find a win no matter what.