Breaking the Rules

From Undocumented Immigrant to UFC Star, the Spectacular Rise of a Champion
UFC champion Glover Teixeira reflects on his harrowing journey from undocumented illegal immigrant to world titleholder.
UFC champion Glover Teixeira reflects on his harrowing journey from undocumented illegal immigrant to world titleholder.

Fighting inside the octagon was nothing compared to the fight Glover Teixeira endured to reach it.

Before he became the oldest man to win an Ultimate Fighting Championship title, Teixeira risked everything to chase the American dream and discover his mission on Earth.

Leaving his Brazilian hometown as a teenager, Teixeira crossed multiple South American countries to finally reach the infamous Mexico border just outside of California in 1999. There, he faced numerous dangerswas held at gunpoint by smugglers for weeks, feared for his life in the middle of the desertall to get banned by