Glover Teixeira tog sig den 26 april an lätt tungviktsmästaren Jon Jones, då de möttes vid UFC 172 i Baltimore. Under titelmatchen skadade Glover axeln, och här kan ni läsa vad Teixeira hade att säga om den kommande operationen, mötet mot Jones och Jons ögonpetningar via ”MMAFighting”:
I only feel the injury if I move my arm. I can’t move it for now. I did the MRI and I will hopefully do the surgery next week to start my recovery. The doctor said the recovery is quick, but I don’t know when I will be able to train again. The UFC doctor will probably do the surgery, so I will know when I will return to training after I talk to him.
I’m disappointed with the fight and the things I let him do. Some things I thought would be harder to do, like blocking his kicks and closing the distance, but it was easier than I thought. I can’t say ‘oh, if I had the chance to close the distance and hit him.’ I had that chance.
That shoulder crank in the first round really hurt me. I regret letting him do that, it was a big mistake. But there’s nothing I can do about it now. After the first round, I had no punching power, and I had to push him with my left arm in the clinch, so I pretty much tired my both shoulders. I have to evolve in a lot of aspects of the fight, there’s not much to say.
I don’t think it was intentional, but the referee needs to start putting some pressure on who does that. I was a little afraid to close the distance and get poked in the eye again and maybe stop the fight. The second eye poke really scared me because I thought it could hurt my eye.
I knew I was losing the rounds but we always believe that one punch can change it, but it’s hard to do it when you have to worry about getting poked in the eye. I don’t think it was intentional, but you have to be careful with that.
Glover är inte säker på vem han vill möta härnäst, däremot vill han vinna två till tre matcher innan han utmanar mästaren igen.
