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Glover Teixeira: The UFC will trump soccer as the biggest sport in Brazil

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
After just one fight under the UFC banner, UFC newcomer Glover Teixeira has quickly become one of the most feared fighters in the UFC's light-heavyweight division.

Teixeira (18-2) made his much anticipated UFC debut at UFC 146 against dangerous UFC veteran, Kyle Kingsbury. He made quick work of the veteran rocking him several times on the feet, before taking him down, mounting him, and submitted him with an arm triangle choke that forced a tap just two minutes into the fight.

Since then, several top contenders in the light-heavyweight division have expressed hesitancy when asked to face the Brazilian stand out at upcoming UFC events.

One of those fighters is former champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, who received a lot of heat from fans when he turned down a fight against Teixeira, however, Teixeira believes that a lot of the scrutiny Shogun received was unnecessary.

"He has fought the greatest fighters out there." Glover Teixeira told MMAInterviews.tv "Shogun is a great fighter. He is a warrior; we all know this. People say something, but its a manager's decision."

Teixeira is scheduled to face off in the Octagon against fellow Brazilian Fabio Maldonado at UFC 153 on Oct. 13 at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The event will air live on pay-per-view in the U.S, but is also scheduled to air live on Brazilian national TV where viewing numbers are expected to break the previous record of 50 million viewers set by UFC 142 earlier this year.

With the current explosion of MMA in the Brazilian culture, and TV ratings for UFC events reaching astronomical numbers, Teixeira believes it's only a mater of time before MMA overtakes soccer as the nations most popular sport.

"MMA has always been big," Glover Teixeira said. "But after the UFC went over there it's crazy. I never thought I would see the day where I would say this; the UFC will be bigger than soccer, and I believe its gonna be, because people are disappointed with soccer anyways. All the soccer players are doing crazy stuff over there, and not playing well. Brazil not doing very well lately in the games. People are just talking more about fighting than soccer.

"All the fans, the soccer fans when they lose or whatever, they are disappointed, they always say, 'Yeah, the time now is MMA man, because in mma we have Jose Aldo, Junior Dos Santos, Lyoto, Anderson Silva, and Minotauro.' The great fighters you know. So they always say those warriors man, those guys go over there and they don't play. Soccer is the national passion over there, but I think I'll see the day man. I want to be champion when that day comes."
Source: http://fiveknuckles.com/mma-news/Gl...soccer-as-the-number-one-sport-in-Brazil.html

I wouldn't have thought this possible just a couple years ago, but Texeira makes sense. They have so many good fighters and soccer isn't doing so well in Brazil right now. I remember Dana White saying that UFC will over take soccer worldwide too. I think it will take time, but I think it'll happen. They are going to China, India, they already have a foothold in North and South America, West and Eastern Europe and Australia.
 
#125 ·
The movies name was something like

The Poughkeepsy Tape

I think... its been a while.

I understand that people thought the whole Blair With thing was real (Even though thats pretty shocking too). Since the internet wasnt quiet as "Massive" as it is today. And i read somewhere that at the time the movie paid IMDB to write "Deceased" next to the actors names.

But cmon... in this day of age to believe something like that. Its funny to me. And the worst part is you cannot convince the people who believe its real that it is not. They are more likely to get mad at you and say drop it then they are to admit maybe its fake.

For instance i know several people who still think the footage at the end of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre' is real.



"Edit"

Yeah just wanted to change the subject up a bit. But still keep the whole "People can be stupid" theme.
 
#126 ·
CB, thankyou for posting that vid and Sideways thanks for quoting it. That really took me back. If you want to watch more of those guys they changed the name of their show from CNNNN to the Chaser's War on Everything, they are excellent.

Here's the full video :)



all of this stuff is completely bewildering to me.

They even get fooled that Australia on a map is France, North Korea, Iran etc.
 
#131 ·
Yeah same here.


Most people dont believe it cause of the whole "The moon does not have wind so why is the Flag swaying like it does".

Well the MOON has no atmosphere but that does not mean it cant create vacuums. So when they were having trouble placing the flag pole in to the ground they had to bang on it just so it would stay in place. That banging created enough force for the flag to start moving. And without there being any resistance in the atmosphere it was able to remain swaying for a much longer time then it would here on earth.
 
#132 ·
Ehh, I doubt the UFC will ever be bigger than football anywhere other than America. Certainly not Brazil.

Also, people in general are rather stupid, not just us fat head Americans. I imagine I could take those same questions to a busy street in any country and pick out dim-wits so I could stroke my own ego. Fun stuff, but some of those morons made my head hurt as soon as they opened their mouths.

Finally, I KNOW the moon landing is fake because I knew a guy who knew the guy who filmed it in his basement here in New Orleans! True story!:thumb02:
 
#140 ·
Ever heard the one about the Brit who moved to the midwest? He felt really out of place there, and eventually sought counseling. So his psychiatrist told him he should sign up for electro-shock therapy. They'd zap his brains a couple of times and he'd feel right at home. Since he was feeling quite depressed about not being able to connect with his new neighbours or his wife's family, he agreed.

After the treatment, the doctor told him they had bad news. "We accidentally used double the voltage." He said. Upon hearing this distressing news the guy simply smiled and replied "No worries, mate."
 
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