Marlon Vera ’s next performance will have the MMA world looking closely. The Ecuadorian fighter will be competing in the co-main event of UFC 252 on Saturday night in Las Vegas, which is being headline by a heavyweight trilogy bout between champion Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier. And of top of getting co-main event billing on a pay-per-view card, Vera (15-6-1 MMA, 9-5 UFC) takes on Sean O’Malley (12-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) – one of the most popular fighters today in the sport. Vera is eager to get in the cage and fight O’Malley and sees it as a great opportunity to boost himself up in the rankings. “This is a fight that puts me close to the top five,” Vera said in Spanish on Monday’s episode of “Hablemos MMA.” “We’ve seen fighters like Cody Garbrandt, who are coming off three defeats, beat someone who’s basically outside of the rankings like (Raphael) Assuncao, knocks him out, and gets in the top three above Pedro Munhoz, who knocked him out. “So the rankings make no sense
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