Marlon Vera is ready to put his title-fight loss to Sean O’Malley behind him and start his rebuild at UFC on ABC 7.
After stepping into the octagon two dozen times, Vera (21-9-1 MMA, 15-8 UFC) finally got his long-awaited title shot in March with a rematch against Sean O’Malley. It didn’t go his way as he took a largely one-sided unanimous decision defeat at UFC 299 that sent him back to the drawing board.
According to “Chito,” the damage sustained in the loss to O’Malley wasn’t as bad as it looked superficially. He felt healthy enough to book another fight less than five months later and will take on former two-time flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo (23-3-1 MMA, 12-3-1 UFC) on Saturday’s card at Etihad Arena on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi (ABC, ESPN2, ESPN+).
