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Glover Teixeira: Cool photos and stuff

great thread, Renzo Machida, thank you.
 
War Glover!

He seems like a genuinely good guy, I wish him all the best in his title fight.
 
Heikki Mustola said:
Anyone know how old was he when he started training?
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20.

He moved to the U.S., not to fight, but to try to secure a job to earn money to support his family. He landed in Connecticut in 1999 and went to work as a landscaper.

And a landscaper he might have remained were it not for an offhand comment to a friend about boxer Mike Tyson and casually mentioned that he was thinking of trying boxing because of how much he enjoyed watching Tyson fight.

His American friend was baffled that Teixeira wanted to box, having come from a country without a rich history in the sport. Why don't you, the friend asked, go into Brazilian jiu-jitsu? Teixeira hadn't heard of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, but found a couple of tapes of UFC 1 and 2 that featured his countryman, the legendary Royce Gracie.

He wanted to become a mixed martial arts fighter and began to train diligently in the sport. As the 21st century dawned, however, MMA was still in its dark ages. There weren't many hot beds for MMA in those days, and certainly Connecticut wasn't one of them.

That didn't matter, though, to Teixeira, who worked 10-, 12-hour days landscaping before coming home, changing his clothes and running off to the gym to train.

One day, Teixeira arrived home at 7 p.m. He sat on his couch to put on his gym shoes and head out, per his normal routine. But he'd pushed himself so hard, both at work and at play, that his body was pleading for mercy.

He awakened at 4 a.m., with the television playing and one shoe on, partially laced.

"He wants to be a fighter so badly that he was willing to pretty much do just about anything to make that happen," UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell said. "He went through a lot to make it."

Liddell's long-time coach, John Hackleman, trained a fighter who fought Teixeira. Hackleman was impressed and, before long, invited Teixeira to train with them in California.


As Liddell rose to superstardom in the UFC with epic fights against Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz, Teixeira was one of his primary training partners.
Liddell raves about Teixeira's ground game, but Teixeira remembers being frustrated because he was so one-dimensional. Liddell was a great slugger who used his takedown defense to keep fights standing. When Teixeira first arrived at The Pit, Hackleman's training facility, he knew little beyond jiu-jitsu.

"Training with Chuck was great," Teixeira said. "He became the champion while I was training with him and I learned everything from him about being a champion and what it took to become a champion. He is a great champion. His name is there forever and I learned how that is possible if you train hard. I learned how to strike and how to wrestle from Chuck and John. I also learned other important things about fighting, too.

"I learned from Chuck that it is important to be an exciting fighter in the Octagon, that it is important for you to go out and excite the crowd, not just to win. The crowd, they prefer stand-up fights and great striking, and I trained so hard with Chuck, man, I pushed myself so hard."

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mma--g...-after-rising-from-humble-life-in-brazil.html
 
A Brazilian that's never heard of jujitsu is to me like a Brazilian not knowing about football. I do like glover,and am picking him against jones.
 
Big fan of glover. Its awesome to see him getting a title shot after everything hes been through. Im hoping he delivers a maldonado type beatdown to bones jones.
 
Glover is awesome and has a vicious all around game. He's got all the tools necessary to be great and I think he poses a very real threat to Jones. It will be a sick fight.
 
Gus broke Jones spirit, Glover will break his jaw. Dont like Glover and his anti gun bs.
 
i hope glover wins, seriously seems like a cool human being
 
Damn. Nice little summary of a great fighter with strong character. Well done, ts.
 
The guys got it. I really wish I followed him closer pre UFC instead of just watchin a highlight now and then
 
Good post I'm a fan of Teixeira and thanks for the extra media you provided
 
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