At 41-years old, Glover Teixeira not only secured his fifth win in a row when he brutalized Thiago Santos, he secured an opportunity to face Jan Blachowicz for the UFC light heavyweight title. Well… that’s what we would have been saying had Dana White not announced last week that middleweight champion Israel Adesanya would be moving up a weight class to challenge Blachowicz for the belt. Now, despite having done more than enough to secure a title shot – he did finish Santos, whom Jon Jones went nip and tuck with down to the wire – Teixeira is being told he’ll have to wait.
Editorial: Glover Teixeira earned his title shot, but should he have to wait for it?
