Teixeira has his own signature style, as well, one that is well-established, and he made it clear that he has no intention of straying from the approach, confident it will carry him to victory once again, one way or another.
“My style, everybody knows: I’m going for a fight, going for the finish,” he said. “I can knock you out. I can finish on the ground. Definitely if the opportunity comes to take him to the ground — he knows that — I’m gonna take him to the ground and ground-and-pound.
“My prediction is to go over there and put on a show — put on a show and have my dream realized, have my hand raised; I don’t really care how. My prediction is to win, to get the belt back.
“Last time, I was this close,” continued Teixeira, holding his thumb and index finger a fraction of an inch apart. “I lost, it was a learning experience, and now I’m going to go get it back.”
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And if he does, it will be a moment unlike any other.
“Every fight I say is the most important fight. Every win I say is the most beautiful win, and when I win this belt, it’s going to be an incredible moment,” he added. “When I won the belt in Abu Dhabi, it was amazing but to win the belt in Rio de Janeiro…”
He pauses.
“I close my eyes sometimes and visualize it, and it’s different. It’s different. I can’t wait.”
