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The Pit Elevated mma fighter Ramsey Nijem, from Orem, Utah fought in The TUF final this past weekend. Although he did not win the final, he is still a tough and well loved fighter, person, friend, and student. He will be back stronger than ever. We are all proud Ramsey, form The PIT HQ, PIT Vegas, and PIT Elevated.

Glover Teixeira wins, yet another fight in Brazil, this past Saturday. This win makes his 10th straight win. Glover KO’ed Maurillo “Touro” De Souza in 1:49 in the first round. Glover always represents The Pit where ever he is. We are all proud of Glover.

Glover Teixeira wants to fight in the UFC after marathon at Brazil

Considered to be the best light heavyweight fighting in Brazil currently, Glover Teixeira could not get that first big move on his international career due to old visa issues. But the fighter is optimist and believes that, in September, he’ll have his green card in hands and be “free” to go to America. But, while it doesn’t happen, the Brazilian guy of 31 years old doesn’t indent to sit and wait for it. Glover is chosen for a four-bout marathon, which starts on June 4th and ends on September 24th.

The first bout will happen in Shooto 23, where Glover will be on its main event against Simao Melo. On July 20th, he’ll have to face a Jiu-Jitsu legend and UFC veteran, Marcio “Pe de Pano”, on a bow that will take place at Via Show. On August 25th, the light heavyweight will also fight a former UFC fighter, on a special edition of Shooto, which will be hosted at BOPE (Special Operations Squad). After three bouts in Rio de Janeiro, Glover will go to Jaguariuna, a city in Sao Paulo, where he’ll end his fighting marathon in Brazil.

Glover doesn’t fear doing so many bouts in so short time to recover and believes that injuries happens when you’re least expecting it to. “You can be training for a bout with three months in advance and get injured on the trainings, so we can’t predict when we’ll be injured, so I’d rather fight. It’s always risky, but we can’t predict it. We have to accept the fight and hope for the best. All athletes who doesn’t have a closed contract does that”, commented Glover, who can’t wait to get his visa issues solved so that he can be tested with the bests.

“I train with Lyoto, Pedro Rizzo, who’s a super experienced guys and one of the best in the world. But it doesn’t help only training with tough guys, you have to fight tough guys and do well. So, despite Pe de Pano is a heavyweight, I’ll go up one weight division, because he’s a guy with whom I’ll be able to test myself and that only enlarges my confidence. I’m focused to fight in Ultimate, which is my dream, and to figure on the top 5 of the light heavyweight division and play with those guys”, concluded Glover.

Why did you decide to fight four times within four months? Don’t you think it’s a little risky?

It’s always risky, but we can’t predict what will happen, we have to accept the fight and hope for the best. All athletes who doesn’t have a closed contract does that. There’s a month between this fight in Shooto (June 4th) and the other one, there’re six or seven weeks between them, because the other one is only on July 20th, that’s when I’ll fight Pe de Pano, so there’s a month and a half for me to get recovered. I hope to get recovered within a week, maybe two.

As in my last bouts, I don’t have any injuries, so I can keep on training on a good rhythm, only taking one or two weeks off to get recovered and comeback 100% on the trainings, and do even better. I don’t think it’s a risk I’m taking. If anything goes wrong, what can I do? It could happen at any moment, not only during the fight, it could happen while training. You can be training for a bout with three months in advance and get injured on the trainings, so we can’t predict when we’ll be injured, so I’d rather fight. It’s always risky, but we can’t predict it, and I decided to run this marathon.

Do you know anything about Simao, your next opponent in Shooto?

Man, people told me some things about him, but I don’t really know much. I didn’t watch many videos of him because they always replace my opponents, at least that’s what happened the last times I fought, so I wait until the week of the fight and then I watch it. I’ve seen two of his fights in YouTube and I guess he’s a striker, so it’ll be a good bout. Let’s see if I set up the right game plan.

And the bout against Márcio ‘Pe de Pano’ Cruz, is it on?

Yeah, we said we’d fight each other. The guy said he’d bring the contract here this week and still haven’t. I hope he brings it tomorrow or the day after. It’s confirmed, he came here and we agreed it’d happen. But, to me, once you say it… When I give my word, it’s 100% confirmed to me, so yeah, I’ll fight him. I’ll train, I’ll do everything to fight him.

And what are the expectations of fighting a Jiu-Jitsu icon and a UFC veteran? Do you think it might make you more notable?

Yeah. He’s a guys who has fought in UFC, in big events, so he’s a big and respected name on the fighting business, in Jiu-Jitsu mainly. He’s a world champion… Those are the guys I want to fight: these guys with big names. I even thank people when they say I should be fighting in UFC, because I really should be, even to be tested, because I already train with the best in the world…

I train with Lyoto, Pedro Rizzo, who’s a super experienced guys and one of the best in the world. But it doesn’t help only training with tough guys, you have to fight tough guys and do well. So, despite Pe de Pano is a heavyweight, I’ll go up one weight division, because he’s a guy with whom I’ll be able to test myself and that only enlarges my confidence. I’m focused to fight in Ultimate, which is my dream, and to figure on the top 10 of the light heavyweight division and play with those guys.

You were supposed to fight abroad a long time ago, but you got stuck because of your visa issue. What actually happened?

I’m married to an American woman and I was illegal on the United States. I came to Brazil to get this paper. I’ve hired an attorney, we’ve sent the papers, asking for my greencard, and they told me to wait, but it can be a six-month waiting or twenty-seven-months of waiting, and these 27 months end now. They’ve sent me some papers now, after three years, precisely 27months later, for me to sign…

So that mean that they’re getting things done now, so that’s why I’m so positive about it, believing that I’ll all be solved in the next months. I’m married, in August we’ll have our 10th anniversary, and it’s true, it’s a legitimate marriage, because they investigate if it’s a lie or not… I believe everything will work out just fine. My marriage is for real, so I believe I’ll get a positive answer.

Is your idea to do four bouts until September and then, with your visa in hands, to be in your best shape ever?

Precisely. The process is being concluded now, but it’s not that simple, you know how it is, right? I guess in September I may travel abroad. I haven’t signed any contract yet, but it’ll all be discussed with the guys, when I return to the United States, if I can come here to Brazil and stay for six months… Shooto has a great relationship with me, because Andre (Pederneiras) is our partner, so he wants me to fight on his event so that I can get a contract abroad.

Even if I get my vise, if I can fight Shooto here, I’ll do it, it’ll be cool. Pe de Pano will come to me, than there’ll be another on August 25th and Andre will bring a guy, an American guy who has fought in UFC, for me to fight in Shooto, which will be hosted at BOPE. I can’t tell you the names of the guys, otherwise there’ll be that suspense, but they’re two guy who has fought in UFC. I want to fight on these events first, I’m focused to do it, and then, after September, let’s see what the future holds to me.

Is it a way to keep you busy and forget about the anxiety for a big chance?

My expectation, whenever I go to sleep, is that God blesses me on my trainings so I can do fine, even if I’m getting older, I believe that, at some point, I’ll get this chance. It doesn’t matter what happens on the next months… The dream comes true for everyone. I’ll get this visa one way or another. It’s time to go, and I’m focusing in fighting in Ultimate, which is my dream, and to figure on the top 5 of the light heavyweight division and play with those guys. Other than that, there’re my next bouts. Firs this one on Saturday, then Pe de Pano and then another one.

Do you consider yourself ready to fight the top light heavyweight fighters of UFC?

Absolutely. I’m ready to fight anyone. I won’t underestimate anyone… I won’t do like Brandon Vera did, when he won one bout he went and challenged the UFC champion. It’d never do that, get it? I consider myself to be a good fighter and I guess I should fight the guys who has fought once, twice or three times in UFC. UFC’s name is really big, when you get into that cage…

Of course I’m not going to say ‘oh, I’m ready to fight Jon Jones’… I’d never say that. The guy is on a great sequence of victories, he’s a UFC champion, but it’d be ready for UFC itself. There’s nothing impossible, but I believe my greencard won’t get to my hands before August. There’re many people asking me why Joinha don’t put me to fight in UFC Brazil, but that’s with the Americans to decide. Even if it’s not in American lands, I have to get my visa to fight in UFC, but if I had this chance to fight in UFC Brazil, I’d be ready, for sure.