Biography and Career
After becoming the 9th Kyokushin World Champion in 2007 Teixeira entered the K-1 in 2008. His first K-1 was against Japanese fan-favourite Yusuke Fujimoto. He won the fight by right cross KO. Teixeira then won the 2008 Japan GP after knocking out Tsutomu Takahagi in the first round and two unanimous decision wins over Tsuyoshi Nakasako and Keijiro Maeda.
He was then placed in the 2008 WGP eliminations against Japanese veteran Musashi. He won by unanimous decision and qualified for his first World Grand Prix championships.
In the quarter finals he fought his first non-Japanese opponent, Errol Zimmerman. Teixeira surprised the world by beating Zimmerman throughout the fight until he was dropped in the third round and ended up losing the fight by decision.
In 2009 Teixeira was criticized by fans for his lackluster performance and lucky wins. In Yokohama in March he beat Jerome Lebanner by decision in the 5th round, a fight which many believed should have gone Jerome's way in the round 4. At the Final 16, despite been a big favourite and promising a KO against the new Asia champion, Sing Jaideep, he won a very controversial decision again in the 5th round. In the finals he was knocked out by Alistair Overeem in round 1 after a knee to the chin in a very controversial fight.
In 2010 Teixeira fought K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Canberra as a super fight winning by KO over Alex Roberts. He then fought in K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 against Mr K-1 Peter Aerts losing a close bout in the extra round extension. The fight provided a defining moment to fans, finally proving that the Kyokushin fighter belonged in K-1.
Teixeira ended 2010 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final as the Reserve match and once again surprised everyone by out classing Errol Zimmerman for a judges unanimous decision.
Texeira was waiting for engagement in K-1, but since there were no offers he decided to make MMA fight, he is sparring with former UFC Heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos since March 2012 and made MMA debout on 23. Jun 2012, winning the fight via KO in round 3. Texeira said that he still wants to fight in K-1 if some bigger organisation offers the contract, but until that he plans to fight under MMA rules.
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