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02-06-2012, 04:41 PM
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|  Brandon Vera explains his decision to withdraw from Thiago Silva rematch
Brandon Vera explains his decision to withdraw from Thiago Silva rematch - MMAmania.com  Quote:
"The Truth" hurts.
No, really. Brandon Vera is still recovering from an arm injury he suffered in his unanimous decision win over Eliot Marshall at UFC 137: "Penn vs. Diaz" last October in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Vera, who has been champing at the bit to get his hands on Thiago Silva just as soon as he returned from his drug suspension, apparently made a verbal commitment to the UFC brass without first checking with his doctor to see if he would indeed be ready to compete.
The pair were initially reported to be facing off for a second time at the UFC on FX 3 event on May 15 in Virginia; however, it's too much, too soon, for the ex-heavyweight.
Vera breaks it all down for fans on his Facebook page, after the jump.
"Hey everybody, it's Brandon "The Truth" Vera here. I wanted to clear up some stuff, and apologize. I've been bugging my manager, I've been bugging Joe Silva and the UFC, so as soon as Thiago Silva's suspension was over and he was available, I would like to be the first one to fight him and get back in there with him. Kind of a welcome back thing. Finally the fight came, Joe said the fight can happen May 15th. My manager told me the fight is happening May 15th...and without thinking, without talking to my coaches, without talking to my doctors, I verbally said 'Yes, I'm down for the fight, let's do this, let's get it done. I'm in.' Super excited, hung up the phone, promptly went on a run, and got super excited.
The next morning I went to my doctors after training and told my doctors that I was planning on fighting May 15th, and...everybody looked at me like I was crazy. They said there's no way I'll be ready by then, and I need to focus on getting better. So I sat down and was thinking 'Yeah, maybe those guys are right.' So I didn't check with my doctors, I didn't check with my coaches. I apologize to both you guys. I apologize to Joe Silva and my manager Matt Stansell. I apologize to my fans. I still wanna fight you bad Thiago, Thiago, however you say your name juice monkey. I still wanna fight you bad. So whenever you're ready, whenever I'm healthy enough, I'm your huckleberry."
Transcription courtesy of Tim Burke.
Vera received a broken nose and his promotion pink slip after being manhandled by the tainted Brazilian at last year's "Edgar vs. Maynard" pay-per-view, but has since been called back to the UFC after Silva's drug test results came back hotter than two goats in a pepper patch.
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02-06-2012, 04:45 PM
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Forgive my ignorance but what was the extent to his arm injury in the 1st place?
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02-06-2012, 05:06 PM
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Roid monkey or not, Thiago would beat the living shit out of Vera again.
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02-06-2012, 05:22 PM
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Idk how bad Vera hurt his arm but Marshall cranked on it really hard at there fight. He got up and couldnt raise his arm saying it was broken.
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02-06-2012, 05:27 PM
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i used to like vera, now i cant stand anything that comes out of his mouth. he's trying so hard to be relevant again, but he had his time and now there are just too many big dogs out there.
he is too weak for the lhw division. he got away with it against guys like reece andy but there aint guys like that in the lhw div anymore.
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02-06-2012, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by aussiemma  i used to like vera, now i cant stand anything that comes out of his mouth. he's trying so hard to be relevant again, but he had his time and now there are just too many big dogs out there.
he is too weak for the lhw division. he got away with it against guys like reece andy but there aint guys like that in the lhw div anymore. | Maybe he should start juicing like Thiago Silva so that they can level the playing field..  | |
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02-06-2012, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by H0SS Maybe he should start juicing like Thiago Silva so that they can level the playing field.. |
...Or to at least accelerate the healing process.
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02-06-2012, 07:36 PM
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He is having NO LUCK in his last fights.
Jones - breaks his face. Literally.
Silva - breaks his nose.
Marshall - fucks up his arm.
This man is getting brittle.
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02-06-2012, 09:32 PM
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I hate it when people refer to themselves by a nickname.
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Originally Posted by grambino I hate it when people refer to themselves by a nickname. | 'The Bobcat' agrees with this, it sounds stupid, nicknames and refering to ones self in the third person is a pet hate of mine.
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