After regaining the attention of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) brass with the impressive KO over Frankie Edgar last November at Madison Square Garden in New York, Marlon Vera believes that in 2022 his time has come to fight against a top 5 of the UFC bantamweight division and thus begin his climb towards the long-awaited fight for the belt.
Since he beat Edgar at the UFC 268 show and climbed to eighth place in the ranking, chito Vera has repeatedly asked José Aldo for revenge and has invited former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz to a duel. Likewise, he has recognized that he would be happy to soon agree to a duel with any opponent who is within the top 5 or against the sixth, seventh or eighth of the ranking.
“I want to fight at least three times this year. I want my next fight to be a (member of) top 5. I can feel that my time to be champion is coming,” he wrote. chito on his Twitter account on Tuesday.
I want to fight minimum 3 times this year. I want my next fight to be a top five. I can feel that my time to be champion is coming.
— CH????????TO???????? VERA (@chitoveraUFC) February 9, 2022
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In this 2022, several names have mentioned the Manabi idol in his intention to approach the championship dispute, but the road can become a journey, because agreeing on a confrontation does not depend only on those interested but on the head of the UFC, Dana White.
“I would like to fight as soon as possible and with anyone in the top 5, someone who is from eighth place up, whoever comes. (Rob) Font, Merab (Dvalishvili), Cory (Sandhagen); (José) Aldo, the rematch, it would be incredible; (Dominick) Cross; whoever it is”, said Vera last January in an interview with ESPN.
If we stick to the position in the ranking de Vera (20-7-1 MMA, 12-6 UFC), Dominick Cruz can be seen as the next contender for the 135-pound Ecuadorian, because on paper it is a matchup between seventh and eighth. Aldo is third in the standings and right now the Brazilian’s objective is to fight for the interim title held by Petr Yan or topple defending champion Aljamain Sterling.
There is no official information on who is going to be Marlon Vera’s first contender of the year or on the billboard that could touch him. But, from the United States it is speculated that the company would organize a confrontation with Vera and the American of Puerto Rican roots Font, fifth classified, probably in a city in that country, although it is not ruled out that the meeting could take place in Latin America . (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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