Surprised and surpassed by his rival, the Ecuadorian Marlon Vera left his four fight undefeated streak after losing by split decision (47-48, 50-45, 49-46) in the main event UFC San Antonio against American Cory Sandhagen.

Ecuadorian had majority support in the AT&T Centerwith the presence of many compatriots who filled the stands to support the highest Ecuadorian representative in mixed martial arts.

Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera goes down in dominance against Cory Sandhagen

That was their thanks to them, “for coming to support me.” Thank you to all the people from Ecuador who came. Really I am very sorry that I lost, because I know that they are there for me“, said the manabit after the defeat.

Chito He admitted that it wasn’t his best night: “Today I just couldn’t start the engine. It’s my fault, there’s no excuse.”pointed out the Ecuadorian, who after the defeat leaves his record at 20-8-1 MMA and 14-7 UFC.

During the fight, from the corner they asked Vera to go forwardwho fought for a balance of actions that favored the American in the first two rounds.

In the second part of the fight, Chito had a bigger rolesaved direct hits and He was connecting shots that unbalanced Sandhagen, although he was unable to knock him down in search of the knockoutthe only formula for changing the decision of the lawsuit.

“I felt good in training, but I wouldn’t be able to today, I simply have no excuse“, indicated the Ecuadorian.

The winner acknowledged the merits of his rival, because he is “a fighter who is very hard to hit. Chito He starts slow and puts pressure on him late in the fight. That’s how I moved too I tried to wear him down, then I tried to be active in the last few rounds, because that’s the only way to beat him.Sandhagen noted. (D)