Negotiations that advanced steadily last January are at their climax. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) decided to agree to a bantamweight duel between Marlon Vera (20-7-1) and Rob Font (19-5-0) to headline a UFC Fight Night event on April 30, multiple sources told the reporter from ESPN Brett Okamoto, who broke the news on Wednesday night.
“The contracts are expected to be signed shortly,” says the note signed by Okamoto himself on the website of ESPN.
The UFC has not yet made the matchup official, but is expected to announce it in the coming days. There is also no information about the venue of the event, but it may not be in Las Vegas for reasons that the company is recently moving the functions to many cities. Likewise, the possibility of Texas is not ruled out. Although the site MMA Uno later revealed that the clash of the Ecuadorian with the American of Puerto Rican origin “will be the main fight of UFC Vegas 53”.
chito Vera insisted since last year for an important fight against a rival of the top 5 of the 135-pound division. His position was made clear on November 6, 2021 after the impressive third-round TKO of Frankie Edgar at New York’s Madison Square Garden. That night Vera regained the attention of the top brass of the UFC and began to get excited about a rematch with José Aldo, and even invited former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz to climb into the cage.
“I would like to fight as soon as possible and with anyone in the top 5, (or) someone who is from eighth place up, whoever comes. (Rob) Font, Merab (Dvalishvili), Cory (Sandhagen), (Jose) Aldo, the rematch, it would be amazing; (Dominick) Cruz, whoever it is”, reiterated the Ecuadorian in January in an interview with ESPN during the UFC 270 card in Anaheim, California.
THE UNIVERSE already knew about the negotiations through ESPN. According to sources close to ESPNthere would be a negotiation for the Ecuadorian to face the fifth classified, Rob Font (19-5-0)who lost his last confrontation by unanimous decision against José Aldo (31-7-0) at UFC Vegas 44, on December 4, 2021″, this medium published on February 22.
Although Font is coming off a five-round decision loss to the former Brazilian featherweight champion, his figure is still respectable in the division because before his appearance at UFC Vegas 44 he had been on a four-fight win streak, with Notable hits over Cody Garbrandt, Marlon Moraes, Ricky Simon and Sergio Pettis.
“This is a good fight for the fans,” said Font’s head trainer and manager, Tyson Chartier. “It’s just a fun fight. chito (Vera) It’s exciting. Rob is exciting. Big striking, excellent on the ground. It is a great confrontation”, he warns.
Font and Vera are ranked fifth and eighth in the UFC bantamweight, respectively. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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