Considered to be the best light heavyweight in action in Brazil, Glover Teixeira wants to reach higher flights. Holding a professional record of 10 wins and only 2 losses, the Brazilian doesn’t taste the defeat since 2006 and he already won three times this year. Glover came close to UFC, but he’s having some issues with his visa for two years. Meanwhile, the tough guy has been fought in Brazil and debuted with a win by knockout in Australia, where he confronted Marko Peselj on Impact FC. While he’s negotiating with the Canadian event MFC, Glover keeps his hard trainings with Pedro Rizzo, Vitor Miranda, Antonio Jaoude and Thales Leites, and makes plans for his career.

What did you think of this win in Australia?

It was good for me. Any win is a good thing. It was nice to fight on an international event again and having international recognition is my biggest dream. I think it’s now time for me to fight with tougher guys. I’m not despising my last opponents, but I need to fight with someone of a bigger caliber. I’m in a good sequence of wins, so I think I have to fight with a remarkable name of MMA.

You have a scheduled fight on MFC, in Canada. Did they tell you who your opponent is?

This is a thing we’ve been working on. Actually, someone put that on some website and I don’t know if this website talked directly with the promoter of the event of me being on the card. But, for sure, if MFC wants me, I’ll be there. I don’t know who my opponent will be yet, but I hope they put me against someone who can bring something to my career.

You’re coming on an impressive sequence of good results. What needs to be done so you can join a big event, like UFC?

Man, actually I just have to have my visa thing solved. We’ve been talking to these guys, but they won’t give me a date. I believe that’s the only thing the makes me not fight on UFC because I’ve been in touch with Dana White, actually it was with the event. When I came to Brazil I got in touch with (Chuck) Liddell, because I had this issue with my visa, so we became close. Since then I didn’t lose any fight, so I have to be recognized, but what needs to be done in order to join a great event is to solve this visa thing… That’s all I need.

What happened for you to take so long to come back to the United States?

I’m on a process of getting my green card. I’m married to an American and my green card is being analyzed. The whole process may take 27 months. But that’s all I’m waiting for, to solve this process, and all I can do is wait because there’s nothing to be done but to wait. The law on the United States is so complicated. While I have this process going on, I have to stay here in Brazil.

How do you analyze a possible entrance in UFC?

It’s funny to talk about it because it’s hard to speak about something you don’t know much yet, get it? You see these guys joining the event and with three or four fight, exactly what happened to Brock Lesnar, who loss on his debut on the event, but then got two wins and a chance to fight for the belt. It’s funny to talk about it, but you have to be there to fight these guys. I see myself on the top of my division. I’m not saying I’m ready to challenge the champion or anything like that, but I can see me winning some fights, getting some experience on that octagon and I see myself among the tops of my division, for sure.