In the preamble to the UFC 268 event, EL UNIVERSO spoke with the Uruguayan MMA commentator from ESPN Gastón Reyno.
While Marlon Chito Vera (19-7-1 MMA, 11-6 UFC) appears as a betting favorite for this Saturday’s fight against Frankie Edgar (24-9-1 MMA, 18-9-1 UFC) in the evening UFC 268, The Ecuadorian has to come out front from the start to have more “chances to complicate it”, because the tricolor bantamweight “is not used to starting fast, it always starts slow and grows as the fight goes on.” This is how he analyzes it Chito the MMA commentator from ESPN Gastón Reyno.
In dialogue with EL UNIVERSO on Friday afternoon after the ceremonial weigh-in of UFC 268, the so-called Tonga Reyno said that the duel with Edgar “is a great opportunity” to Chito, although he warned that the 40-year-old American is “the fighter with the most flight hours above the cage (7 hours 40 minutes) and that can be good or bad.”
“He’s got a lot of experience, obviously, but he also has a lot of damage, a lot of weight cuts, a lot of fights on him. At the same time, Chito Vera knows what Frankie Edgar is going to do, there is no surprise. Chito I think it may surprise Frankie a little more, ”said the Uruguayan commentator.
Reyno thinks that if the Ecuadorian wins against the eighth of the ranking “It is already beginning to line up a top 5″ and “in the future a possible title fight” of the bantamweight division. “We are all excited as Latin Americans, and even being able to bring a UFC event to Ecuador, which would be a dream for all of us.”
Asked about the strengths of the national credit that are jiu-jitsu and wrestling, Reyno agrees that Chito has been notably prepared in striking under the tutelage of Jason Parillo and considers him “a very dangerous fighter.”
“Chito he is a very complete fighter. When he puts pressure and when he attacks with his good combinations of striking it is dangerous. But he’s up against a Frankie Edgar who has a spectacular footwork, a very good boxing footwork. “
“I think so Chito start with a good pace (pace), as they say, he starts fast, he’s not used to doing that, he always starts out slow and grows as the fight goes on. If he starts fast, he has a better chance of complicating it to a Frankie Edgar who is already more worn, who no longer has the same jaw. Chito He repeated many times during the week that ‘I’m going to finish it, I’m going to finish it’ “, complemented the presenter of the program ESPN KnockOut.
Bets in the United States indicate that Marlon Vera is the favorite with minus 165, while Edgar has more than 145. (D)
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