UFC bantamweight rivals Marlon Vera and Dominick Cruz will face off in San Diego this weekend.
UFC 278 is coming up next Saturday as Kamaru Usman defends his welterweight title against England’s Leon Edwards in Salt Lake City.
But first, we’ve got an exciting card in California.
Vera has beaten Rob Font and Frankie Edgar in last two fights and is fifth in the UFC bantamweight rankings.
Cruz has also won his last two and should provide a stern test for ‘Chito’.
Vera vs Cruz: Date and how to follow
This event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 13 and is being held at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California.
The prelim action will start at 10pm for UK fans with the main card kicking off at midnight.
Vera vs Cruz can then be expected at around 2:30am.
The action will be shown on BT Sport 1 and their coverage will start at 10pm.
talkSPORT will also have all the build-up and reaction to the action throughout fight week.
Vera vs Cruz: Fight card
Subject to change
Main card
- Main event: Marlon Vera vs Dominick Cruz
- Nate Landwehr vs David Onama
- Yazmin Jauregui vs vs Iasmin Lucindo
- Devin Clark vs Azamat Murzakanov
- Ariane Lipski vs. Priscila Cachoeira
- Gerald Meerschaert vs Bruno Silva
Preliminary card
- Angela Hill vs Lupita Godinez
- Martin Buday vs Lukasz Brzeski
- Cynthia Calvillo vs Nina Nunes
- Gabriel Benitez vs Charlie Ontiveros
- Ode’ Osbourne vs Tyson
- Jason Witt vs. Josh Quinlan
- Youssef Zalal vs Da’Mon Blackshear
Vera vs Cruz: What has been said?
Dominick Cruz: “When I look at Vera, all the things he says, I don’t think he really means it.
“He does, but he just wants to be heard. He’s a guy that just wants people to hear him because look at what he did toSean O’Malleyand nobody said a thing about him. Nobody cares that he won that fight.
“He’s just tired of being ignored because people don’t really care that much about him. When he wins, nobody says anything. So, I think that he’s just trying to be heard so he’s saying anything he can, really angry, he’s got a lot of demons, I guess, that he’s dealing with. I don’t know.
“But when it comes down to it, when you see him win after that fight, I’ve seen him in the back, we’ve worked together, he’s cool.
“I have no beef with this guy so I’m very neutral about it. He’s obviously very angry about something. I think he just wants to be heard and for people to care about him.”
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