Бразилийн Сан-Паулу хотноо болсон тулааны үдшийн гол үйл явдлын үеэр Гловер Тейшейра Маурисио “Шогун” Руаг шүүгчдийн шийдвэрээр буулган авлаа.
Бразилд болсон “Spaten Fight Night 3” тулааны үндсэн үйл явдлын хүрээнд найман раундын турш үргэлжилсэн боксын тулаанд Гловер Тейшейра Маурисио Руаг илүүрхэн ялж, боксын рингэн дэх анхны ялалтаа байгууллаа. Тейшейра тулааны явцад өрсөлдөгчөө хэд хэдэн удаа хүнд цохилтод оруулж, гуравдугаар раундад нокдаун тоолуулсан байна.
Тулааны дараа Тейшейра өөрийн эртний өрсөлдөгч Александр Густафссонтой 2027 онд боксын дүрмээр дахин тулалдах боломжтойг мэдэгдэв. Тэрээр 2017 онд UFC-д Густафссонд нокаутаар ялагдаж байсан бөгөөд одоогийн байдлаар ийм төрлийн сорилтыг хүлээн авахад бэлэн байгаагаа онцолжээ.
Тейшейра тулааны үеэр Руагийн тэсвэр хатуужлыг биширч, түүнийг хүнд цохилтод оруулсан ч нокаут хийж чадаагүй нь өрсөлдөгчийнх нь гайхалтай сэтгэлийн хүчтэй холбоотой гэв. Өөрийн гүйцэтгэлд сэтгэл хангалуун байгаагаа илэрхийлсэн тэрээр ойрын зургаан сарын дотор дараагийн тулаанаа хийх төлөвлөгөөтэй байгаагаа хэллээ.
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SAO PAULO — Glover Teixeira dominated Mauricio “Shogun” Rua to win an eight-round boxing decision Saturday night in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and said he would gladly take a rematch with Alexander Gustafsson under boxing rules in 2027.
Teixeira rocked Rua multiple times during their Spaten Fight Night 3 heavyweight main event, scoring a knockdown at one point of the match, to emerge victorious in his boxing debut.
Prior of the event, Alexander Gustafsson’s team told MMA Fighting they would be interested in boxing the winner of Teixeira vs. Rua next, and Teixeira likes the idea.
“One hundred percent,” Teixeira told MMA Fighting. “Like I say, I just come back today and I felt good. I think ring rust a little bit, but coming back now is just amazing. Whatever fights that make sense, I’ll be fighting.”
Gustafsson beat Teixeira via fifth-round knockout in the UFC back in 2017 to set up a rematch with Jon Jones for the light heavyweight title. Teixeira joked during the pre-fight press conference that he wanted “easier” opponents after Rua, but says ”it’s possible” to go against fellow MMA veterans after the type of performance he put on Saturday.
“Let’s keep training and see what’s happening,” Teixeira said. “Three and a half years out, maybe a little ring rust, maybe going too much, but I think now, if I have a fight in the next six months or so, maybe I’ll be better.”
Rua stayed in the fight all eight rounds despite getting hurt multiple times by Teixeira, and the Alex Pereira teammate admits he was surprised by that.
“I know Shogun,” Teixeira said. “Yes, I wanted to finish with a knockout, I thought I was gonna finish with a knockout, but I knew Shogun was as tough as can be, man. And the heart, he wouldn’t quit. Incredible. I knew that already, I was ready for that. I knocked him down in the third I think, and I was like, ‘Oh, it’s just gonna be out probably in sixth round,’ but I think I tried too much. I tried too hard. I saw that my hard punch was getting slower, and I paced myself a little bit. But for sure, I knew Shogun was gonna be difficult. But it went my way, so I’m happy about it.”
“That was my goal, to have a good performance,” he continued. “I saw everything. I saw his punches, it wasn’t hurting me or anything. I think he got one punch there that I was like, ‘Oh shit, still got it,’ but nothing crazy to dizzy me or anything. I was just like, ‘Be careful,’ you know? But I did good. I trained hard for it. And I’m happy with the performance.”
