Marlon “Chito” Vera returns this weekend in Abu Dhabi the place he appears to get again to profitable methods within the bantamweight division.
Vera faces a tricky take a look at in former flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo however he has all of the motivation he wants after how his final battle went.
The challenger was unable to actually put his stamp on his 135-pound title battle with Sean O’Malley at UFC 299, the place he was crushed convincingly over the 5 spherical contest.
His toughness was sufficient to maintain him within the battle however even that was examined at a number of factors by some sniper-like hanging from “Suga”.
One strike, particularly, stole the present in March after O’Malley landed a knee that sounded even worse than it appeared.
Marlon Vera Says A Punch In The Fifth Spherical Damage Extra Than Viral Knee
Earlier than he makes the stroll as soon as once more this weekend, Vera mirrored on his final battle and a number of the injury that he took.
It says so much about his coronary heart and sturdiness that he was in a position to make it to the ultimate bell with many discovering it laborious to imagine that he continued to battle on after that knee strike landed within the second spherical.
Vera spoke throughout his media day interview about what was going by his thoughts at that second and the way a lot injury the knee really prompted.
“Simply to make a comparability, the punch within the fifth spherical that land completely on my eye, it wasn’t an eye fixed poke however it felt like one, harm me 1,000,000 instances extra. Like I used to be totally blind, I used to be like, ‘F***!’ It was an ideal punch, props on him however I imply the knee actually like sort of shocked me.
“I used to be like, ‘F*** I received clipped with one thing huge,’ and I do know it was the knee however I wasn’t like… my legs had been there. I used to be identical to, ‘F*** that basically harm,’ By way of a success however I might say my mind and my legs had been there. I used to be identical to don’t try this once more. It was just about virtually the identical knee that I hit Font with.”
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