Life changes help Teixeira always be ready

The cool phrase in mixed martial arts these days is “stay ready.” No getting out of shape between fights, no staying away from the gym, and always being able to say yes if a call comes to be a late-notice replacement. //
Glover Teixeira could have invented that phrase, so when his manager Ed Soares called him five weeks ago to see if he would have enough time to replace Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and fight Rashad Evans this Saturday in Tampa, you know what the answer was.