Glover Teixeira clearly does not care whether or not Corey Anderson is the world no. 1 light heavyweight. Anderson’s rise through Bellator has seen him make that claim about himself repeatedly, but the reigning UFC 205 pound champ told Trocação Franca that it’s all white noise to him. After all, he beat the guy who beat Corey Anderson. The fact that Corey beat him back in 2018 is neither here nor there.
“It’s water under the bridge. Corey went there and was better that night [in 2018]. It was a bad fight, I lost a decision, [but] it’s a fight that could have gone five or 10 rounds and he wouldn’t have knocked me out or submitted me, wouldn’t have done anything.
Glover Teixeira ‘would rather watch birds sing’ than Argue with Corey Anderson
I got tired and he stalled. I had no marks [on my face] when I got out. But Corey is doing a good job in Bellator. I root for him.” What if the pair ever fight again?
“If we have to fight again one day, of course I’m going to win, man. I’m way better now. I stayed in the organization and he was released, you know? He lost after that. He got knocked out by Blachowicz. He got knocked out by the man I took the belt from.
He’s lucky he defeated me and can say it, but, man, that doesn’t bother me. I would rather watch birds sing. I won’t stress out over that, because that fight everything is different today. That was four years ago, 2018. I’m the champion of the world now. Where was I ranked back then? He lost, had his lows here [in the UFC] and went to Bellator, but he’s doing fine now.”
Anderson apparently asked to train with Teixeira recently, although the offer never came to fruition. “I said I wasn’t training for a fight but he could come over. ’Oh, I wanted to do some sparring,’ but I wasn’t training for a fight, I was helping Alex ‘Poatan’ [Pereira]. He said he would come after Alex’s fight but ended up not coming, and then he started saying that.”
There has long been talk of a UFC vs Bellator crossover event, but Glover Teixeira knows that’s out of his hands. “That’s up to the promoter. Dana [White] is doing the right thing. If he sees the money, if he sees it’s worth it, he’ll definitely do it. He’s done it before and will do it again. Who am I to give my opinion to Dana White? If I was at that level, I’d be promoting my own event.”
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