“If you want it, you can have it. Whoever wants to fight with me can come”, Marlon Chito Vera was clear and direct with Cory Sandhagen, the fourth of the ranking bantamweight from the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion who this Saturday defeated Yadong Song by technical knockout, in the main event of the UFC Vegas 60 evening, in Las Vegas.
The Ecuadorian fighter responded after Sandhagen was interviewed by Daniel Cormier in the octagon of the UFC Apex.
“I think that everyone has a good level here, in the top 5 all are tough, all have a good level. I push myself every day to be better than I was before. All these fights can lead you to a championship. So whoever comes will be given,” Vera said, in Spanish and English, to the UFC’s social channels.
After getting out of the cage with flying colors, Sandhagen asked the Ecuadorian, although he pointed out that any member of the top 5 can become his next opponent.
Now the American’s record in MMA is 15-4 and in the UFC 8-3. He hadn’t won since his brutal knockout of Frankie Edgar.
For his part, Song, tenth in the rankingsuffered his first defeat since March 2021. Urijah Faber’s pupil, trained in Alpha Male Team, came into this evening with three straight wins, two by knockout/technical knockout.
Vera is sure that he will receive a title fight
Since his knockout victory against Dominick Cruz on August 13 in San Diego (California), the athlete from Chone has confidently stated that the UFC leadership is going to give him the opportunity to fight for the belt.
At the same time, he has recognized that he must wait until the end of October, thinking about the UFC 280 show in Abu Dhabi, when Aljamain Sterling defends the title against TJ Dillashaw (no. 2 in the ranking), and the winner of the fight between Petr Yan (#1) and Sean O’Malley (#13) is known.
“I am ready to fight for the title, whenever, I know that. The other thing is what the UFC wants to do; that’s a little hard to know since that’s the business. But it is very likely that they will give me a title fight. I mean, it’s not something impossible to do after finishing like that (against Cruz), and I think it depends (also) on how those other fights play out in the Top 5, I think that whoever puts a performance more entertaining, a shocking finish, that ticket to the title can be carried. And what is more exciting than what I did on Saturday! I am very confident that I can be the next (challenger), I want to be champion and I will be at any cost, “he said on August 15, in dialogue with the program combat area of ESPN Sports.
The Ecuadorian credit Marlon Vera (20-7-1 in professional MMA and 14-6 in the UFC) was on the front row of the UFC Apex this Saturday following the fight between Cory Sandhagen and the Chinese Yadong Song.
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Source: Eluniverso
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