Marlon Vera doesn’t have loads of sort phrases to say about Sean O’Malley.
On Saturday, “Chito” challenges O’Malley for the bantamweight title in the principle occasion of UFC 299 in Miami. The 2 beforehand fought at UFC 252, with Vera scoring a first-round knockout after O’Malley injured his leg, and because the bout approaches, the warmth between the 2 continues to develop. Chatting with reporters on the UFC 299 Media Day, O’Malley mentioned he and Vera had been exchanging DMs forward of the struggle, and when it was his flip to subject questions, Chito gave his facet of issues.
“He’s a bizarre man,” Vera informed reporters at UFC 299 Media Day. “He likes bizarre s***. I attempted to keep away from it. The one factor I did was ship him an image of me again, and I haven’t even learn what he mentioned after.
“I get it. One in every of his predominant instruments is getting in folks’s heads. Good luck with that. I’m going to f*** you up. I’m ready for Saturday night time. So he’s attempting to start out issues. Yesterday, he requested me if I used to be able to lose the struggle. He didn’t catch my reply. I might have liked the digicam catch what I mentioned again to him, however they solely acquired one facet. However that’s only one software to the sport. I’m prepared for a struggle. My thoughts is in the correct place and I’m going to kick his ass.”
Cameras truly did get Vera’s response, and the whole scene will be considered within the newest episode of UFC 299 Embedded, however Vera was additionally sort sufficient to expound for the reporters.
“I requested him to suck my d***,” Vera defined. “I imply, easy as that. I’m not right here to be pleasant, I’m not right here to be respectful. I’m not a karate man, I’m a fighter. So that you f*** with me, I’m going to f****** f*** with you. I’m not f****** round, man.”
Vera continued, saying that each one of that is simply O’Malley’s try and get in his head, however that it received’t work. And Chito added that he has a way more direct plan of stepping into O’Malley’s head: his fist.
“I’m going to get in there and I’m going to drill a gap via his face,” Vera mentioned. “Then what? There’s no speaking in there. I do know his nook likes to do speaking once we’re in there, however I might love my nook to present me recommendation to win the struggle. If my nook is extra involved about speaking s*** about my opponent and so they don’t inform me what to do, I wouldn’t be with these folks.”
And as soon as that’s performed and he’s the brand new bantamweight champion, don’t anticipate a lot to alter for Chito. He plans on doing precisely the identical factor he’s performed for years: preventing whoever the UFC places in entrance of him.
“I’ll hold it actual,” Vera mentioned when requested about his title reign. “I’ll do the identical factor I’ve been doing via the years. I’ll defend the belt towards whoever is No. 1. I’m not going to start out getting choosy or go to a distinct weight class. Whoever is subsequent in line, ship them to me. Simply do like that, like an actual champion.”
