UFC light heavyweight contender Glover Teixeira just knows he needs to fight for the belt in his next outing. Currently on a five-fight winning streak and elected as the official backup man for the UFC 259 superfight between Israel Adesanya and Jan Blachowicz, the Brazilian cannot wait for his turn to fight for gold.
In an interview with Ag Fight, Teixeira explained that the UFC wanted to give him a fight on the same card, but Glover would not accept it. In fact, when the promotion offered him the spot, it was the Brazilian who told then he would prefer to be the replacement in case something goes wrong in the main event.