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[Y2JUBAE]

Originally Posted by Frasedog

I dont like this at all. Yeah his 7-6 UFC reccord isnt stellar but look at his losses:
-Tim was still good at the time
-The loss to Werdum was some bullshit reff'ing
-Split decision to Jardine could have gone either way
-Decisions to Couture and Silva, both tough guys
-TKO to Jon Jones, who is a rising star
He fights tough guys and a some of those fights were pretty close. Hopefully he goes and tears up Strikeforce, or maybe showcase his muay thai in K1.

I think it's more about his performance than his losses. I hate to see him go really though, there's a handful of fights I would still love to see. Forrest, Franklin, Machida, Shogun, Rampage and so on.
On another note, hopefully Thiago's next fight will be Rampage!

I also think Vera will go to SF.

[born2kill]

Damn, the UFC couldve at least gave him a bonus for the nose he left behind.

[KevoOnTheRadio]

Originally Posted by Chute_Boxe44

I find it funny that once some relative name gets dropped everyone immediatly assumes they go to Strikeforce. I guarantee you he wil take the Jardine route and try to make his way back into the bug show through some random orgs.

Yes, because thats worked great for him so far.

[DanC]

This isn't surprising. I don't really think it's a particularly big shame either. Looks like Strikeforce have a few (semi)big names coming their way (Baroni, Vera, Parisyan, Yvel, potentially Tim Sylvia and anyone else the UFC decides to cut)

[Xanatos]

wow, big shocker, and he was so damn close to getting the Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight titles.

[BSums]

I'm all for the cut. Tough losses or not, the UFC LHD is such a sharktank, it's really all about the W's. He's tough though, he'll be back.

[xdevilhawk138x]

If he goes to Strikeforce gotta be at LHW get a better chance at the title no way he moves back to HW to that Murderous Row HW division that Strikeforce has

[CJRockstar]

honestly, he's gonna go other places and poop his fight shorts at how little money they will be willing to offer him. Vera was supposed to be the UFC's golden boy to take them into the Phillipines, but now they are going to have to play Mark Munoz can get more popular. The old Vera was ruthless, the new Vera was a flipped over turtle in the sun. Makes me sad.

[TBEAR]

Originally Posted by pantomime horse

Let's face it, he didn't do well at all at LHW. I think he should try going back up in weight. He had a better record there anyway.

No
Vera gets killed at HW in ethier the UFC Bellator or SF.

He better stay at LHW and realize that sometimes the hype is not enough, you have to win fights,

[HillbillyDeluxe]

I think we all knew this was coming. Best of luck to Brandon Vera in his future endeavours.

Strikeforce is getting all of the UFC's sloppy seconds and could build a decent roster if they keep this up.