Marlon “Chito” Vera is lastly set to return to motion greater than a yr since his final look within the UFC.
The one-time bantamweight title challenger is about to conflict with surging contender Aiemann Zahabi on the upcoming UFC Vancouver present scheduled on Oct. 18 from the Rogers Area in Canada. UFC officers introduced the pairing on Thursday.
Vera hasn’t fought since he dropped a call to Deiveson Figueiredo again in August 2024, which dropped his file to 1-3 over his previous 4 fights. He additionally suffered a call loss to Sean O’Malley in his try to change into a UFC champion throughout that very same run.
An harm stopped Vera from returning sooner when he had a battle booked at UFC 316 in June but it surely seems he’s wholesome sufficient now to ebook his subsequent matchup within the UFC.
As for Zahabi, the 37-year-old bantamweight is having fun with the most effective run of his profession with six straight wins within the UFC whereas steadily climbing up the rankings. Again in Could, Zahabi took a visit as much as featherweight to face former champion Jose Aldo at UFC 315.
Within the back-and-forth battle, Zahabi survived a close to end after which nearly put Aldo away earlier than successful a unanimous resolution. Now Zahabi seems to be so as to add one other well-respected veteran to his resume when he faces Vera in October.
The upcoming UFC Vancouver card nonetheless doesn’t have a essential occasion, though a number of bouts have been confirmed for the present together with ex-title challenger Manon Fiorot taking up Jasmine Jasudavicius in a featured girls’s flyweight battle.
