When it comes to nicknames, it’s not easy being a Brazilian fighter. For every “Phenom” or “Spider”, there’s a “Napao,” aka big nose, or “Cara de Sapato,” aka shoe face. Yet one fighter who has dodged that bullet is Glover Teixeira.
Just Glover Teixeira.
“A nickname just never got stuck with me,” the light heavyweight contender said. “But I’m cool with that. It’s good. For you to have a nickname, you have to have somebody give it to you. You can’t make your own nickname.”
Maybe nobody was brave enough to saddle Teixeira with an insulting nickname.