Chito Vera warns Cory Sandhagen with a kick to the butt at UFC San Antonio

Marlon Chito Vera is counting the days until her first fight this year. The Ecuadorian bantamweight has just over two weeks to prepare before facing Cory Sandhagen in San Antonio (Texas). It will be the third consecutive UFC main event to feature the tricolor within the promotion. A performance is promised between the fifth and sixth ranking on Saturday, March 25 at the AT&T Center.

In an interview with MMA addict, Sandhagen said Vera’s winning style is unreliable. But Vera says that regardless of how the competition unfolds, Sandhagen will suffer the same fate as his previous opponents.

knocked out with front kick Frankie Edgar at UFC 268, in November 2021; and defeated Rob Font via unanimous decision at UFC Vegas 53 and knocked out Dominick Cruz via kick at UFC San Diego, both in 2022.

Vera (22-7-1 MMA, 14-6 UFC) now threatens Sandhagen (15-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) with butt-kicking at UFC San Antonio. “I’ll kick ass”he wrote early this Tuesday on his Twitter.

The Ecuadorian joined the change of date and venue of the competition and continued his preparations at the RVCA gym in Costa Mesa, California.

Two weeks after the fight, the intensity of the training starts to decrease and the week of the fight he will travel with his team to San Antonio. Jason Parillo is the head coach; Leandro Vieira, from Jiu Jitsu; Daniel Woiwor, wrestling; and Andrés Alvarado and Sebastián Alvarado from Guayaquil, his training partners from Jiu Jitsu. Nutritionist Paulina Indara monitors all events.

“I don’t have to say anything about him (Cory) to think I’m going to win. I will win because I work very hard. So if he thinks my style is unreliable or whatever, that’s his fault. They’ll wake up and say, ‘Fuck, they got me. But they didn’t catch you, they knocked you out or turned you in,” said the man from Chone MMA addict.

He added: “I am a fighter. I will fight in every position. I won’t fight you, I won’t hit you, I won’t chase you Jiu JitsuI will fight with you. Whatever he thinks of my style, you still have to face me. You still have to go through me. I have 20 minutes (25) to solve this and get you out.

Vera was in a slump on the judges’ cards when she rallied to knock out Frankie Edgar and Dominick Cruz. The 30-year-old tricolor credits his ability to constantly raise his arm to his swing.

“I always try to improve and keep that hunger in me (…) When I enter these fights, I always see something. I want it more than anyone and that’s what gives me success, because I’m always eager to do it,” he explained.

Cory is also counting down the days until they will meet face to face Chito. “3 weeks,” he wrote on Instagram on Sunday.

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