The Ecuadorian closes the year in the top 10 of the 135-pound division, and the media of the mixed martial arts company recognizes him.
Marlon Chito Vera “is one of the Latin flagships” that has the UFC bantamweight and “one of the figures to follow at 135 pounds” in 2022. This is stated in a publication on the Ultimate Fighting Championship website, by the way. of the escalation of the manabita in the last time in the American company of mixed martial arts (MMA).
“Today is number 8 in the ranking of the UFC, his best position so far, and above all he has solidified his career by making it long-lived and (giving) what it lacks; For this reason, Marlon Vera is one of the Latin banners that the promotion has ”, says the note on the air since December 22 and dedicated to the Ecuadorian fighter.
In the publication summarizing Vera’s career in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where the tricolor officially debuted in November 2014 against Marco Beltrán (UFC 180), the Ecuadorian representative is spoken of as someone who “will go down in MMA history as a pioneer of this sport in his country ”.
Likewise, it is considered Chito as a combatant who “when he has had to go to hostile territory has not hesitated to do so, because at the same time he has become a globetrotter fighting in Mexico, Argentina, England, Australia and, of course, the United States.” This, in reference to the path he followed to get to the UFC and also once inside the company.
Vera will close in 2021 within top 10 bantamweight. On December 14, it was known that the Ecuadorian climbed to position 8 in the classification. He climbed three steps and was behind former division champion Dominick Cruz, whom de Chone has already challenged to a duel.
The tri-color bantamweight struck on November 6 in New York, USA, when he defeated local former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar by knockout.
The victory at Madison Square Garden allowed Chito stand one step from the top 10. It was not until the third week of December that he achieved his mission after two important clashes that took place in Las Vegas in the framework of UFC 269: Dominic Cruz defeated Pedro Munhoz by unanimous decision and Sean O’Malley defeated by KO to Raulian Paiva, with which the classification moved. (D)
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