Saturday will be an evening of strong emotions for former UFC heavyweight contender Pedro Rizzo.
In addition to cornering Raoni Barcelos in his fifith Octagon appearance against Khalid Taha in a featured bantamweight bout at UFC on ESPN 17, he will also witness a fight between two of his very close friends in the main event when Glover Teixeira squares off against Thiago Santos in a battle of light heavyweight contenders.
“Glover Teixeira is like a brother to me. When he came to Brazil in 2008, we trained together every day for almost five years.