“He seems like a young guy, a little bit of a hot head, likes to get into brawls, and I’m the kind of guy that likes to get into brawls as well,” Pavlovich said with a smirk earlier this week when asked about the social media offering.
The post, which features the third-ranked former interim title challenger awaiting the start of a fight, looking as focused and scary as described above, with an insert of Teixeira in the upper righthand corner, contains a quote, in Russian, which Walker translated into Portuguese in the comments. It reads:
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“You are asking for a war… be ready — it will end soon. Review your plan.”
He then tagged Teixeira, increasing the chances that the Dana White’s Contender Series graduate received the message.
“Usually, people like to avoid getting into brawls with me because they know it doesn’t go too well,” added Pavlovich, explaining his reasoning behind throwing down the gauntlet at Teixeira’s feet. “I saw that he came out with (some comments), so I figured maybe I’d change the tactic a little bit and send him a warning.”
