SAN DIEGO – UFC bantamweight contender Marlon Vera would be the first to tell you that working with coach Jason Parillo has changed his life, so how’s this for a life-altering moment?
As fight week arrived for his UFC on ESPN 41 headliner against former champion Dominick Cruz, Vera received a text message from Parillo. No words, just a screenshot.
“Like six days ago, my coach sent a picture,” Vera told reporters afterward at Pechanga Arena. “It was literally (Pedro) Munhoz kicking his body (at UFC 269), and his head was dipping all the way down. He didn’t text anything, just sent me the picture. I picked it up like he’s giving me a message. And in the third round he told me, ‘Punch in the air, have him dip, and throw a f*cking haymaker.’ And I was like, ‘Thank you, coach.'”
