The light heavyweight looks to return to the winning column after being finished for the first time in 14 years, suffering a quick knockout loss to Anthony Johnson at UFC 202, and hopes to make Jared Cannonier pay for it at Saturday’s UFC 208 in Brooklyn.
Winner of eight of his 11 UFC fights, the Brazilian talent will face a non-top 10 for the first time in a long time in Cannonier, but doesn’t seem to care. In fact, Teixeira knows his opponent since late-2014, when he helped Shawn Jordan prepare to fight him in January 2015.