Brandon Vera Says He's Going 'Old School' On Jon Jones
by Kelvin Hunt on Mar 5, 2010 1:30 PM EST
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Brandon Vera participated in a recent Q&A held in Las Vegas by the UFC. He talked about a multitude of things: From the transition to LHW, not fighting Chuck Liddell, a re-match with Couture, and how he intends to fight Jon Jones(You can view the entire thing here). However, the thing that stuck out the most to me was what he said his approach would be against Jones. Check it:
I'm going old school muay thai...I'm not doing no head movement...I'm not doing no footwork...I'm just going forward and I'm chase him down...I'm going old school baby...how it used to be when I was knocking people out.
We talked about this before, but just how many chances does Vera get to prove himself to the masses? His first fight as a LHW was against Reese Andy was given a pass since it was his first time cutting weight. This Jones fight will be his sixth fight as a light heavyweight and he still hasn't turned in a great performance even though he has been fighting mediocre competition. How many times can Vera go back to the well with the "I'm bring something to this fight that you haven't seen yet" comments? Is this his last shot at becoming a contender?
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At this point I think he’s gotta put up or shut up. People are still defending him which is what makes him frustrating. If he was getting criticized instead of babied then yeah maybe he’d quit it with those “I’m going back to the finisher” comments. But no one does that so he continues to half ass fights.
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^^ i think there's a lot to be said for this...
i’m probably guilty as charged in this regard. i’m a fan of Brandon ( i think it stems from that wack victory dance he did), but i’m always giving him the benefit of the doubt
he does need his ass cracked down on whether by relegation to the prelims or even obscurity but it wont happen for the very reason below, the Phillipines. id say its a definite Dana is pissed with him most of the time but theyre holding on to him and keeping him “relevant” for that eventual Phillipines show…the question is though,
Is Brandon really worth it, he has potential, but does he have the mentality and drive….
i hope he does, but, i don’t think so (well not until he gets an ass whoopin from Bones or the ufc plays hardball with him…)
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by RearNakedPoke on Mar 5, 2010 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
he’d rather test out switching to southpaw than win fights by stoppage. or he tries to outclinch randy couture…and loses. reminds me of andersonn….a guy with a lot of hype following some great convincing wins…then it went out the window.
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by theworldsoldestsport on Mar 5, 2010 2:12 PM EST reply actions
Except Anderson still finishes fights
Vera as you said, plays games and loses.
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brandon vera is going old school? the only thing he will accomplish is look old when he meets jon jones speed
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by wolfmanshowlforever on Mar 5, 2010 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
?? Anderson ??
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by VeeisAnimated on Mar 6, 2010 3:29 AM EST up reply actions
I feel bad for Vera he shouldve won the Couture decision and now he has to fight one of the best prospects in MMA, Tough draw. He’s turned into a counter striker that doesnt like to counter and it’s really hurt his game. He needs to fight more aggressively like he did at heavyweight if he wants to have a hope of beating Jones.
At first
I felt like he should have won…but after thinking about it…he should have finished Couture…therefore I didn’t feel bad anymore…it shouldn’t have even been close…
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True, it’s just depressing to see a guy who used a “standing lay and pray” get the decision, damn judges.
The thing with the lay and pray (or standing lay and pray) is your are imposing your will on that fighter. You are dictating the pace and style of the fight and that is a HUGE scoring criteria. When the other fighter does very little damage, and half stops it, why blame the judges?
Vera lost that fight because he could not dictate the pace. He could not get the fight he wanted. You think Randy wants to get head-kicked all day by Vera? Heck no, so he implemented his game plan so he didn’t. Vera should have had a better plan to keep it where he wanted. He didn’t he lost.
"Going Old School"
I recently read some where that the phrase “I’m going old school” should just retire. Fighters that talk about going old school should simply look forward to the future and realize that their glory years are in the past.
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