Marlon Vera undoubtedly had one of the crucial weird and controversial social media posts over the weekend.
Vera, a former UFC bantamweight title challenger, had a singular tackle Saturday’s UFC 306 foremost occasion through which Merab Dvalishvili took the 135-pound title in dominant vogue from Sean O’Malley. Vera wrote on X, ‘I name it the opposite method, however congrats Merab nicely fought,’ which triggered many responses given the character of the combat.
Vera stated his feedback had been misinterpreted, as he meant one thing fully totally different.
“I tweeted after the combat, ‘I name it the opposite method, however congrats Merab,’ and after I stated ‘name it the opposite method,’ I didn’t discuss with the choice,” Vera stated on his YouTube channel. “That was a clear-cut Merab received 5 founds. I used to be that means that earlier than the combat, O’Malley was going to win the combat due to his dimension and punch energy and the way he defends the takedowns towards Aljo – who on paper might be a greater wrestler than Merab.
“I bought known as that I bought CTE and a few sh*t, as a result of they assumed I stated I noticed the choice for O’Malley, which that’s inconceivable.”
By way of the combat, Vera was impressed with what he noticed from Dvalisvili. He additionally thought O’Malley didn’t have the fitting strategy to the combat, which contributed to the lopsided displaying.
“That was an excellent combat,” Vera stated. “I actually thought if Sean may hit Merab early within the combat, issues may change as a result of he’s been dropped by Cejudo and Marlon Moraes, however he simply couldn’t land. Merab had that sort of jerky transfer, and it’s arduous to hit him. In a method, you’ll be able to’t snipe this man. You must combat him. I’d say it’s in comparison with the combat with Chad Mendes and Conor. Each time Conor would stand up, he would crowd Chad straight away and be on his face straight away. Each time Sean would stand up, there was little separation. That most likely messed his rhythm, and we all know Merab can simply take you down again and again and over.
“For my part, it’s important to sit down and combat him. He’s going to take you down regardless, may as nicely simply go loopy on him. However general, nice combat. Congratulations to the brand new champion.”
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