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Injury knocks Glover Teixeira from UFC Fight Night 137 main event vs. Jimi Manuwa
Less than two weeks after the fight was announced, the UFC’s return to Sao Paulo needs a new headliner.
Brazilian Glover Teixeira (27-7 MMA, 10-5 UFC) has suffered an injury and is out of the UFC Fight Night 137 light heavyweight main event against Jimi Manuwa.
MMAjunkie today confirmed Teixeira’s removal with a Teixeira team official following an initial report from AG Fight. The nature of Teixeira’s injury was not revealed, but he had been struggling with a shoulder issue in recent months.
UFC Fight Night 137 takes place Sept. 22 at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.
Teixeira is only a few weeks removed from a decision loss to Corey Anderson at UFC Fight Night 134. Since a failed bid for the title against now-former champ Jon Jones in 2014, the veteran fighter is 5-4 in the octagon.
Teixeira’s most recent loss stung particularly hard, prompting him to declare afterward, “Last time I fought like that and somebody just dominated was by Phil Davis. But for Phil Davis I have excuses. My weight cut was very bad. This, I have no excuses. I can’t be fighting like this.”
Manuwa (17-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) was hoping to pull out of a sudden slump. The English knockout artist has lost his past two bouts, most recently dropping a unanimous decision to Jan Blachowicz at UFC Fight Night 127. The setback followed a knockout loss to Volkan Oezdemir in a title eliminator.
UFC officials have not yet made an annoucement of Teixeira’s withdrawal, and it is not known if Manuwa will remain on the card against a new opponent or be removed entirely.
The UFC Fight Night 137 card now includes:
- Jimi Manuwa vs. TBA
- Sam Alvey vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
- Tonya Evinger vs. Ketlen Vieira
- Neil Magny vs. Alex Oliveira
- Sergio Moraes vs. Ben Saunders
- Belal Muhammad vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
- Thales Leites vs. Hector Lombard
- Evan Dunham vs. Francisco Trinaldo
- Alex Chambers vs. Livia Renata Souza
- Mark Godbeer vs. Luis Henrique
- Renan Barao vs. Andre Ewell
- Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Elias Theodorou
For more on UFC Fight Night 137, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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