Former UFC fighter and current Bellator prospect Corey Anderson predicts that Glover Teixeira will defeat UFC light-heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz in their fight at UFC 267. At UFC 267 UFC light-heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz is set to make his second title defense against the top contender Glover Teixeira. The fight will be Glover’s second shot at the title as he previously failed to capture the belt against Jon Jones. He is riding an amazing 5 fight winning streak going into the title fight and Corey Anderson feels that Glover Teixeira will be able to dethrone the current champion Jan Blachowicz.
Corey Anderson at the moment sits among the top Bellator Heavyweight fighters. He is scheduled to fight Ryan Bader at Bellator 268 in the light heavyweight tournament’s semi-finals. In his recent interview, he picked the winner between Glover Teixeira and Jan Blachowicz.
“I think it’s gonna go to Glover,” Corey Anderson told BJPenn.com of the next UFC light heavyweight title bout. “Everybody’s talking about ‘the polish power, the polish power.’ Yeah. But Glover has heart and we all have seen Glover get clipped. I dropped him, ‘Marretta’ dropped him, everybody he has fought has dropped him. Even my buddy, [1]85er Karl [Roberson] dropped him. But he’s so good at weathering the storm that when he’s coming back, he’s coming back.”
“Even if Jan catches him early, I don’t see him knocking him out cold. The only person that knocked him out cold is [Anthony] ‘Rumble’ [Johnson]. Other than that, he’s always come back to get the finish and I think that’s gonna happen again.”
Corey was very vocal about Glover Teixeira and said he would love to go back and fight him again some time. Corey Anderson has a decision win over Glover Teixeira.
“My favorite fight is Glover Teixeira. I think that was probably the toughest fight,” Corey Anderson said. “I fight guys to break guys. I don’t fight just to win, I don’t fight to come out and say, ‘Oh, split decision.’ I want dominance where you go back and say, ‘If I fought him again, the same thing is gonna happen.’ Nine times out of ten, I’m gonna win. And even probably the 10. You might catch me, but nine times I’m gonna beat you.
“But when I fought Glover, I remember, I usually look at people in the third round getting off the stool [breathing heavy]. I got up, I looked at Glover, my coaches didn’t say nothing, he had this look like ‘I’m about to take your f*ckin’…’ ah sh*t, I’m a little tired now… He intimidated me with his look (laughs). And that was probably the toughest bouts I had. I went back and watched and I’m looking at the clock the whole third round. This is lasting too long. His look and his demeanor, he never quit. 40 something years old, he’s still there and ready to kill you the whole round.”
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- Corey Anderson picks Glover Teixeira over Jan Blachowicz
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