Perspective is everything, and the way Tallison Teixeira is looking at the whirlwind 10-month stretch that has carried him from competing on Season 8 of Dana White’s Contender Series to headlining the UFC’s return to Nashville this weekend opposite Derrick Lewis gives a very clear understanding of the promise the Brazilian brings to the heavyweight division.
“Everything changed and nothing changed,” Teixeira said from his hotel room in “Music City” on Tuesday afternoon, his thoughts translated and conveyed by Fabiano Buskei. “It’s weird because you can think about a guy that was fighting in the countryside, nobody knew his name, and then all of a sudden, you get the wins, you’re in a main event against that kind of competition, so a lot changed in my life.