UFC: Thiago Santos vs Glover Teixeira as the headliner for November 7
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After the first two booking going down the drain for respective reasons. Santos vs Teixeira has been booked for the third time. The UFC is working on pairing the two former light heavyweight title challengers to fight. This time, for Nov. 7 in Las Vegas. Both prior bookings were altered due to COVID-19, with Teixeira testing positive for the virus ahead of the original date and then Santos receiving a positive test ahead of the first re-booking.
The matchup was slated again for Oct. 3 on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi, but just weeks prior, it was revealed the fight had been cancelled once more, this time because Santos tested positive for coronavirus.
Thiago Santos vs Glover Teixeira
Teixeira has won 31 fights in his professional MMA career. His most recently fought in May, defeating fellow one-time light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith by fifth-round TKO after dominating the later rounds of the fight. He has won four straight bouts and five of his last six.
Santos has won 21 fights in his professional MMA career. He has not competed since a split decision loss in a light heavyweight championship fight with Jon Jones in July of last year. “Marreta” won four straights to earn that shot. But required knee surgery to address injuries that he acquired while fighting Jones.
The matchup is expected to produce a No. 1 contender for the winner of this weekend’s vacant UFC light heavyweight title bout between Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz. But will the third time be a charm? Let’s cross our fingers and hope so.
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