News 6’7” Heavyweight Tallison Teixeira will make his UFC-debut against Justin Tafa at UFC 312 in Sydney, Feb. 8

[Neck&Neck]

Told ya’ll Taffa was getting murdered

 

[ThaiSexPills]

If this dude was jacked, he’d have a huge hype train.

 

[The_Renaissance]

Ran through him, fairplay. As good a debut as you can get at HW.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

He earned a 50 K performance of the night bonus:

Well deserved! Vicious elbow to smash Tafa's face in.

 

[2004 account]

In retrospect you can tell who all the haters are now seeing how well xicao did in his debut lol

 

[Koala]

Better than Khabibs first 7 opponents

Eldar Eldarov? Ali Bagov?
He's literally one of the few who fought two guys who could have been ranked in the UFC at some point in his first fights

 

[The_Renaissance]

What does 'Xicao' mean? The suffix 'ao' means 'big' right?

 

[2004 account]

What does 'Xicao' mean? The suffix 'ao' means 'big' right?

It means little boy

 

[don't ask]

I just realized he debuted on the main card, right before the co-main. That's pretty wild.

 

[don't ask]

also, I just voted now. The polls are broken.

 

[HockeyBjj]

If this dude was jacked, he’d have a huge hype train.

yeah. He moved well for being so big, clearly has power and strength. That elbow was pure violence (and he did use great technique to create the space for it)

But because he has a muffin top he won't get the cult following Gane had

 

[Hdfi]

All Brazilians above MW are cans
Prove me wrong

Current LHW champion is brazilian.

 

[dog y]

What does 'Xicao' mean? The suffix 'ao' means 'big' right?

Yep. It's actually "ão". Chico (or Xico in this case, pronounced the same) is short for Francisco. Chicão/Xicão is like "Big Chico".
Nothing to do with small, as Spanish speakers might think
Why a guy named Talison is called Xicão, I don't know.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Debut went as well as it could possibly go. I will be following his career with interest.

Jup, for real. Who do you think he should fight next?
Squaring off against the more technical brother Junior Tafa would be fun imo

 

[CombatSports55]

Tallison vs Gane next.