Britain’s Jimi Manuwa was scheduled to fight Glover Teixeira next month at UFC Fight Night 137 in a light heavyweight bout before injury forced the Brazilian off the card. With Teixeira’s withdrawal, Ultimate Fighting Championship matchmakers offered a replacement in the form of heavy hitting middleweight Thiago Santos which Manuwa initially declined before having a change of heart after some trash talk from Santos.
The 38 year-old “Poster Boy” recently spoke with WHOA TV on why he didn’t originally accept the fight, and left Santos a rather grisly warning about showing respect to his fellow fighters.