In the run-up to the billboard UFC 280which will take place this Saturday in Abu Dhabi, Marlon Chito vera refuted a tweet from Petr Yan in which he points out the supposed cause of his refusal to challenge the Ecuadorian in April after emerging victorious from the UFC Vegas 53 event against Rob Font.
Yan, who is one of the fighters leading the main card of UFC 280 this weekend, will be measured with Sean O’Malley in a matchup of bantamweight (135 lbs) contenders that is of interest to Vera and the rest of the top 5 of the division.
‘Chito’ Vera analyzes fighting Cory Sandhagen in December and waiting until the first semester of 2023 for the offer to go for the bantamweight title
Vera posted on Monday night a screenshot of Yan’s message posted in May with which he reminded the Russian that both already had the opportunity to face each other in August, but Yan did not accept the challenge.
“September/October does not mean September. Focus on your fight…” Chito.
After Vera defeated Font at UFC Vegas 53, on April 30, the athlete from Chone (Manabí) climbed to fifth place in the ranking bantamweight of the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) and received proposals from O’Malley and Yadong Song; the American thirsty for revenge and the Chinese enthusiastic about ascending to the top 5.
Chito Vera revealed those intentions in statements to the program Octagon Of the radio diblú assuring that Yan, number one in the ranking, had invited him to fight. An interesting proposal that did not materialize due to the dates that each one proposed and the tricolor would end up negotiating for August 13 with the former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz.
Cory Sandhagen leaves Yadong Song out of the fight and asks for Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera as his next opponent
After Vera’s victory over Font, Yan slipped his interest in meeting the representative of Ecuador: “It was not a bad performance tonight @chitoveraUFC. We may one day share the Octagon.”
They did not agree. The tricolor intended to return to the cage in July, while Yan’s plans were to return to the Octagon in September or October.
The Ecuadorian then rudely criticized the Russian and called him not having balls.
the american medium MMA Fighting echoed Marlon Chito Vera’s pronouncement, further agitating the atmosphere prior to the UFC 280 card in which Petr Yan will clash against Sean O’Malley in the third fight of the main event.
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Source: Eluniverso
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