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Too unprecedented, too quickly.
That’s the message from Marlon Vera after a disappointing efficiency against Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
In his first combat abet after falling to UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley in lopsided vogue at UFC 299 abet in March, the repeatedly complex “Chito” suffered a 2d straight loss after losing a unanimous decision to Figueiredo. Whereas he had his moments within the combat, Vera started unhurried and proper by no come set collectively the roughly offensive volume desired to beat the earlier flyweight champion.
Following the combat, Vera launched a observation on Instagram admitting that he would possibly per chance presumably per chance presumably also were somewhat too anxious to safe abet within the cage again without giving himself the most inspiring time to safe better from his five-round battle against O’Malley correct five months ago.
“I fail at myself final evening,” Vera wrote. “I believed I was ready. I felt right within the gym but on the cease presumably I advance abet too snappy after a hard title combat. Lifestyles doesn’t cease right here I quiet dream about huge things I correct need time to let go and reset.”
At some stage within the combat, the UFC broadcast workers — which included UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier and Paul Felder — current that Vera remarked to them about getting out of the gates faster than typical due to he easiest had three rounds to work.
Within the previous, Vera has steadily started considerably sluggishly within the opening round but shown a functionality to safe stronger because the combat moves ahead. That’s worked out for him within the previous, most critically with a fourth-round knockout of former UFC champion Dominick Cruz besides an very impartial correct searching third-round invent of UFC Hall of Famer Frankie Edgar in 2021.
This time round, Vera correct by no come reasonably kicked into 2d tools.