After being manhandled by Jon Jones and Phil Davis for the better part of eight rounds in 2014, Glover Teixeira’s standing in the light heavyweight division took a serious hit.
Once billed by UFC President Dana White as the guy nobody wanted to fight at 205 pounds, Teixeira was suddenly on the outside looking in when it came to title contenders. The 36-year-old Brazilian began to get back on track in August, when he submitted rising star Ovince St. Preux with a rear-naked choke in the third round of the UFC Fight Night Nashville main event.