Marlon Vera to ‘pull all of the demons’ vs. Deiveson Figueiredo

Marlon Vera is taking Deiveson Figueiredo very critically.

Vera (21-9-1 MMA, 15-8 UFC) meets Figueiredo (23-3-1 MMA, 12-3-1 UFC) in a bantamweight bout on the UFC Battle Evening card Aug. 3 at Etihad Enviornment on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.

In an effort to rebound from his title loss to Sean O’Malley at UFC 299, “Chito” should halt the momentum of Figueiredo, who has regarded in peak kind since he moved to bantamweight. Vera views it as a must-win battle.

“I’m going to give attention to Figueiredo. I do know that’s an enormous problem,” Vera mentioned on “The MMA Hour.” “I’m taking this simply as severe as I used to be taking the title battle (and) all of the fights earlier than. I’m going to get in there and let this motherf*cker know we’re on my time, and if I’ve to dig deep and f*cking go to the basement and pull all of the demons, we’ll f*cking carry them.”

Figueiredo defeated Rob Font, and submitted former champion Cody Garbrandt at 135 kilos. Vera expects a stern problem from the previous UFC flyweight champion.

“I really feel it’s a harmful battle,” Vera mentioned. “That’s a man who’s been a world champion. He fought for the belt many occasions. He fought large names and he’s undefeated in my weight class. He beat a man that I beat (Font). He beat a former champion Garbrandt. I do know he’s a man to not take evenly. I can say no matter I would like. I could be imply. I is usually a d*ck. However I do know that is going to be a battle that I should battle.

“I imply, you recognize this about me. I’m not taking it straightforward. I’m not chilling proper now. I’m going four-by-four. I actually wish to get in there and make this man f*cking endure and I simply wish to get on prime with a win, and determine the right way to get again to the title dialog. The easiest way to do this is go to Abu Dhabi and f*cking rip this man aside.”

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