After the results of the UFC 280 card, on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, everything is set for the Ecuadorian Marlon Chito Vera becomes a challenger for the title of the bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) promotion.
Chito He closely followed the victories of category champion Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley, as well as Islam Makhachev’s lightweight crowning after submitting Charles Oliveira in the second round of the stellar fight.
Chito Vera is already the fourth in the UFC bantamweight ‘ranking’, Sean O’Malley is the new number one
O’Malley defeated Petr Yan, the number one in the ranking, by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28).
Then, barely breaking a sweat, Sterling dominated TJ Dillashaw and took the fight via TKO finishing with ground and pound.
‘Chito’ Vera reminds Petr Yan that they had the opportunity to face each other in August
With these results in the 135-pound division, Sterling is open to all possibilities for next year, while a new order in the top 5 seems imminent with O’Malley’s bump.
The Ecuadorian Vera spoke via Twitter after the comments of the Sterling fight: “I’m going to put the whole bag of chitos in your mouth.”
Im gonna put the whole bag of chitos on ya mouth
— CH🖕🏽TO🇪🇨VERA (@chitoveraUFC) October 22, 2022
Sterling, graceful for his easy victory over TJ Dillashaw, mentioned Vera, and the Ecuadorian reiterated the challenge through another tweet. “Let’s do it anyway.”
Chito Vera comes from being one of the strongest contenders in the division, and is ranked number 5 in the ranking bantamweight. The athlete from Chone (Manabí) has won 4 of the last 5 fights in the UFC, losing only to José Aldowho is company history after announcing his retirement from mixed martial arts.
Everything indicated that Chito should pass one more hurdle before fighting for the belt, and it could be either at the end of this year, or at the beginning of 2023. Cory Sandhagen He was emerging as the rival to overcome before the great opportunity arrives.
However, important voices such as that of the Mexican journalist from ESPN SportsCarlos Contreras Legaspi, point out that a duel between Marlon Vera and the champion Aljamain Sterling “makes more sense than ever” and is justified because the South American comes “more solid among the applicants.”
“Chito’s knockout of Dominick Cruz seems the most convincing and the champion is open to all possibilities,” says Contreras in a note from ESPN Sports posted on Saturday.
Yes ok Cory Sandhagen challenged the tricolor to fight and this accepted the challenge without hesitation, now seems likely that Chito Vera seeks to agree with Sterling to see their faces in 2023.
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Source: Eluniverso
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