Brandon Vera not released from the UFC

Lol so Silva may save Vera ass as well tho.lmao

That does not make any sense. I bet Dana is the one that gave Vera another chance regardless of that "No Contest" that is totally ridiculous! Silva has not officially failed the drug test yet.

Vera has so much talent hopefully this made him realize how close he was to losing his dream and will make him motivated to really put the effort in.

exactly! it so baffling if you write down what tools you would want to be tod dog, its a solid wrestling game.... check. and sick stand uo!



why hes not a world beater is beyond me. hes mental game must be questioned then un my eyes

dont weak me bitches and not say why. tell me why hes mental game isnt under scrutiny where hes focus is at??



bet you kerry vera smashed in a bit of domestics right after the mir win and his head fell off!!

I'd hardly say Vera has a "solid wrestling game". He got taken down over and over again by Silva, who's primarily a striker. And despite having a brown belt in BJJ, he has no way of getting back up or even working for a sub when he's taken down, so I guess he just turtles up and lets dudes smack his ass.

i think you got weaked because you made no sense what so ever

so which part never made sense then?



the fact he has good stand up or good wrestling OR te fact i questioned where is head is?

olympic alternate say anything ro you?

just because he was an olympic alternate for wrestling doesnt he's a solid mma wrestler. i cant comment on his pure wrestling skill, but i know he needs to work on him mma wrestling. the silva fight shows how weak it is, regardless if silva took preformance enhancers or not.

no one is going to agree with you, lol quit trying to make your point over n over

was you hopig for a few sharps there pal? maybe one or two funnys?

go to bed son unless you have something interesting to contribute.

I think it was really unfair, I mean he didn´t lose to Randy, and if Thiago was on something then why would you even cut him.

I don't know but, Thiago looked a lot bigger than he usually does in that fight. It did seem kinda strange to me.

Agreed, that fight with Couture was so close and Bones is destroying everyone and the fight against Silva he just looked tiny and completely overwhelmed, I'm really glad he's getting another shot.

It's more about him becoming a liability. The man had his face demolished 2 fights in a row. You can say Jones is on a streak but you dont see his other opponents with broken orbitals and plates in their face. Followed by Thiago putting his nose on the side of his face like mr potato head.



It's becoming a danger to have him in there. Hopefully he wakes up and gets his head back in to the game properly. He been passive on defense, he needs to get on the offensive.

Yes, It was really unfair for the UFC to cut Vera, but I still think Thiago would have still beaten him even if he was clean.

This is an awesome opportunity for Brandon Vera, he's able to stay in the UFC, hopefully he'll take that as a sign and train harder than he ever has, so he can get back on the winning track.

i wonder what his nose is looking like now

If Silva was cheating then it's only fair for them to bring Vera back.

Vera vs Tito loser gets cut

Yeah they should use this tactic more often, threatening to cut the loser, at least it would ensure fighters will come prepared to fight for survival.

Ill dig that idea

theres alot of fights where no1 has to say it they just know they're on the chopping block, how do u want them the threaten to cut em? have Dana walk into the middle of the cage with fireworks and people chanting asshole while he announces loser will be cut? this isn't the WWE it's a business if you can't tell when ur numbers going to be called either ur not clear headed or your team isn't telling you

Dude Shutup!

WTF would Vera face Bader??? that would be a horrible match-up.

i hope this really opens veras eyes second chances are few and far between. his last fight was painfull to watch and the one chance he had when he dropped silva instead of going for the finish he threw his hands up in the air and acted follish

that is the stupidest thing ive ever read.... his future should dependent by his performance, not by his opponent ability to fail a drug screening... Vera got his ass kicked in that fight...



Once again... UFC decisions dont make sense whatsoever....

It makes a perfect sense. Silva was juiced up and if it was not a big deal than we would not have an athletic commission looking after it.

Yea it sucks he failed the drug test..but silva would have still beat him without whatever he took!

dont think so silva has bad habit to gas out

It is not clear now! Who knows that? Maybe Silva felt so bad, so he had to take this juice which boost him up.

He should have never been cut, He is much better than fighters like Stephan Bonner, Tito, and I'd even say Louis Cane. I think he could beat all 3.

Vera looks lost whenever the fight hits the ground anymore .. doesn't matter who he fights.



I used to be a huge Vera fan .. but the guy seems to have 0% progression in almost 7yrs.

Once he gets his A** handed to him one more time he will be cut for good. How's that two belt quest working out for you, Brandon?

You know, this isn't brought up much but if it is proven that Silva was jacked up on something, there is going to be much more talk for stepping up drug testing.



That nose break Vera received was wicked bad not to mention the way Silva toyed with him and was disrespectful with the b*tch slapping ect.. It will now give people a chance to point specifically to what can happen when fighters are juiced.

well Vera wont accomplish anything in the UFC but he is fun to watch.

Finally a good call.



BV's last three losses:



Randy Couture - Vera won the fight. The judges blew the call.

John Jones - everyone loses to JJ. Can't penalize BV for that.

Thiago Silva - BV lost to (apparently) a cheat.



When I heard about this a couple of days ago, the first thing that went through my head was...what are they going to do with Vera and that decision? Apparently, they've made the right call and reversed themselves.



What bothers me about this - is that the decision has been rendered, the fans gone home (with what they thought was the decision) and the "wagers" have been paid out. How would you like to have bet Vera that night...lost...and then read this? I'd be pissed. Somehow, The UFC needs to "guarantee " that none of its fighters are on steroids. This could be achieved through random testing, contracting and (significant financial) penalties, firings and an "awareness" (ad) campaign denouncing steroids. Heck, The UFC already has such a program in place, with its USMC awareness campaign; Heaven forbid (now) that any of us can watch The UFC without having USMC recruiting commercials shoved in our faces. Can't they do the same thing about steroids? Every commercial break run something that denounces steroids and The UFC's policy on them. Why can't / won't they do this? It would go a long way in preventing this type of BS.



And to the best of my knowledge - StrikeForce has yet to have to do this; reverse a decision...54 days later...after the decision was registered.

@ edub



Cheers.

The lhw division is stacked. Somebody has to get cut. That also goes for the liw division unless some of them move down a weight class to save their arses.

I remember when Vera said he was going to hold *BOTH* the HW and LHW belts- this will be his "big chance" for him to fulfill his destiny. LMAO, haha. If they keep him for shark bait, he'd be lucky.

@ edub



I'm a big fan of both fighters, but Barry would kill Vera. Brandon, disappointingly, talks a good game, but never seems to deliver. Which is a drag, because he's got great stand-up and even a decent ground game. He just doesn't seem to have a killer instinct and might even be a bit of a quitter; I hate to say.



As to Pat - I'd like to see Barry come down to 205. I don't think it would be that hard for him; he does carry extra weight. He would be a force to recon with in the LHW division.

@ edub



I would not argue your bottom line.



As to Vera not losing on his feet to someone, what about the Jardine fight? I was severely disappointed in his performance in that outing. I picked him to own Keith and he didn't.



I just don't think Brandon has shown me what Pat has. And might he shoot for the double-leg? Well, he's been training in the right camp for that; Team Lesnar.



The only way this fight happens is if Barry moves down to 205. A move which I'd be in favor of.



Cheers,



Wing Chun

awesome, hope he realizes how lucky he is to be fighting in the top organization and he really perfects his skill. he has great stand up and decent wrestling, but he need to put them together.

@ dude



I think he needs to put on some size; some muscle. And he needs to improve his wrestling and BJJ.



I hope he stays; he needs a win, big time.

yeah i agree, i think muscle mainly. i mean, hes got all the tools there, he just needs to put them together.

Vera's Striking impressed me in his last fight before he got overpowered and i think he won the Couture fight but he needs to work on that TDD if he plans on staying in the UFC because LW is stacked with great wrestlers and BIG guys who have huge strength advantages over him