With his win on Saturday over Rob Font, Marlon Vera is on a three-fight winning streak. He is also on a run of three straight fights where the UFC brass has awarded him a post-fight bonus. Vera’s current run began in June 2021 following a December 2020 unanimous decision loss to former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo. It seems as if Vera is carrying that loss to Aldo with him.
“I would love to fight Aldo again, and especially in a five-rounder, just because he declined a five-rounder when we fought last December,” Vera said at the UFC Vegas 53 post-fight press conference.