Marlon Vera is eyeing Cory Sandhagen first if he can capture the bantamweight title. Vera (23-8-1 MMA, 15-7 UFC) challenges bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley (17-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) in the UFC 299 headliner at Kaseya Center on March 9 in Miami – a rematch from their August 2020 fight where Vera handed O’Malley the lone loss of his career by TKO. If Vera can beat O’Malley a second time and become champion, he’d like to avenge a loss of his own. Vera was defeated by Sandhagen (17-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) in this past March’s UFC on ESPN 43 headliner. “I will ask for Sandhagen because he beat me,” Vera told The Schmo . “That’s the only reason I will choose that fight
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Marlon Vera would love to rematch Cory Sandhagen’s ‘dorky ass’ if he becomes champion – MMA Junkie