Marlon Vera just pulled off a rebound win at UFC 331 that even had Sean O’Malley doing a double-take. “Chito” Vera, now 24-12-1 MMA and 16-11 in the UFC, snapped a brutal four-fight losing skid by stopping Charles Jourdain last Saturday at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
From Four Straight Losses to Absolute Fire
That losing streak had Vera in a tough spot, especially after his lopsided bantamweight title loss to O’Malley himself at UFC 299. Everyone, including “Suga” Sean, was counting him out. O’Malley even admitted on his YouTube channel, “Four-fight losing streak, everyone’s counting ‘Chito’ out. I said, ‘I think this might be the time that ‘Chito’ finally gets put down, put out.’” O’Malley noted Vera “hasn’t been looking bad. He hasn’t been looking good. He’s been looking kind of like he’s looked throughout his career.” But then something shifted. O’Malley couldn’t deny what he saw against Jourdain, declaring, “This might have been his best performance yet against a very dangerous Charles Jourdain on a good (streak).”
“Chito” Broke Records and Broke Jourdain
Vera wasn’t just winning, he was making history. He tied O’Malley and T.J. Dillashaw for most knockout victories in UFC bantamweight history with seven. Even more impressive, he shattered the record for most knockdowns in UFC bantamweight competition when he dropped Jourdain three times! O’Malley summed it up, saying Vera is “making noise, he’s f*cking dangerous, he’s got good submissions, he can knock people out, and ‘Chito’ went out there and broke him. He f*cking looked good. He did.” Of course, O’Malley couldn’t resist a quick shout-out to his own dominant 50-45 performance over Vera in Miami, calling it “the biggest fight in bantamweight history, the biggest gate in Miami history,” before quickly adding, “But it’s not about me.” Yeah, right, “Suga.”
Vera’s performance shows he’s far from done. After snapping that four-fight skid in such a spectacular, record-breaking fashion, he’s absolutely making noise in the bantamweight division. What’s next for “Chito” as he rides this wave of momentum? The division is watching.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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