It’s not often you get a chance to headline an event in only your second UFC fight, a main event against a superstar in the sport. But that’s the opportunity heavyweight Tallison Teixeira got after his 35-second knockout over Justin Tafa in his UFC debut earlier this year. Now, the Brazilian gets the chance to pick up another big win over knockout artist Derrick Lewis as the two are set to square off inside Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
Nickname: Xicao
Origin of Nickname: “My name would be the same as my grandfather, who's called Francisco, so my brother started calling me Xicao, which is a nickname in the augmentative, because he thought I would be big.