Glover Teixeira is coming for the UFC Light Heavyweight Title.
The Brazilian is coming off his impressive win over Anthony Smith last month, and with Teixeira in the midst of a four-fight winning streak, he’s eyeing for an opportunity to face Jan Blachowicz next, in order to get a chance at the 205-pound title:
“In my opinion, I’m looking forward to fighting for the title,” Teixeira told MMA Junkie. “I want to fight Jan Blachowicz because we’re both coming from – I mean, I come from four wins in a row, I believe he coming from four, five wins in a row something like that and who am I to say who’s going to fight next?”
Dominick Reyes and Thiago Santos - two of Jones’ toughest opponents – have been lobbying for a rematch against the UFC Light Heavyweight champion; however, Teixeira feels that both men had their chance to win the belt, and should be working their way back into the title picture:
“Those guys had their chance,” Teixeira said. “They went in there, they fought for the title and they lost and they gotta come back and we fight to get back in there again. You don’t get rematches for a title unless you’re the champion.”
“I think me and Blachowicz, we should fight and those guys have to fight to get wins, maybe Thiago and Reyes have to fight to see who’s gonna win and who’s gonna fight for the title next.”