Should we just pencil in Song Yadong vs. Marlon Vera for ‘Fight of the Night’?
Sometimes you look over the schedule during a busy stretch and do a double take when you realize you hadn’t even noticed a hell of a scrap has been scheduled.
Such was the case, this writer will admit, with the UFC on ESPN 8 main card opener, a featherweight fight between [autotag]Song Yadong[/autotag] and [autotag]Marlon Vera[/autotag].
How has this fight not gotten more attention? Yadong (15-4-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC), a 22-year old Team Alpha Male competitor by way of China, is undefeated in the UFC at 4-0-1, with a point deduction in a draw against Cody Stamann last time out the only thing keeping the fiery competitor from 5-0. Vera (17-5-1 MMA, 9-4 UFC), for his part, has won five in a row, and took “Performance of the Night” last time out, when he finished Andre Ewell on Oct. 12 at UFC Tampa.
Not only is this fight a contender for someone, or both, to take home an extra $50,000, it has the makings of one in which a new contender is made.