Two of the best light heavyweights in the game clash on Sunday, March 21, when Muay Thai expert Brandon �The Truth� Vera takes on dangerous 22-year-old Jon �Bones� Jones at the 1STBANK Center (formerly Odeum Colorado) in Broomfield, Colorado. Also as a great bonus the fight card presents Junior “Cigano” Dos Santos against Gabriel “Napao” Gonzaga, both incredible heavyweight fighters that I am sure will give us quite a show.
Location: 1STBANK Center, Broomfield, Colorado.
Date: 03/21/2010.
Time: 9 PM EST
Brandon “The Truth” Vera was born in Norfolk, Virginia but he’s fighting out of San Diego which is not odd since most of the MMA experts look at California as the state to grow on the sport. At age 32 he is looking to give us another great show using his excellent skills in muay thai and awesome grappling technics that could be very useful againsxt a natural wrestler like Jones. Vera combines a great use of knees, elbows and overall kicks that could knock anyone out at any given time, this could be his most useful weapon to keep Jones away at least for a while. Vera’s grappling technics are also very good but in this fight it will not be convenient to use a close body contact tactic since Jones will be able to flip him in any way he can so the best for Vera will be to kick and punch as fast as possible to keep Jones guessing what will be next. Brandon “The Truth” Vera lost his last fight against veteran Randy “The Natural” Couture by unanimous decision and it was a close fight but I am wondering if he has actually bounced back from that dissapointing match.
Jon “Bones” Jones is a world class wrestler that a young age started in the MMA world and surprised everyone. At age 22 Jones has great skills as we mentioned in wrestling but also he completes the package with a set of Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai technics that could give him the edge. He can throw kicks and punches like the rest of fighters but he will be a real threat when he fights close to his opponent, his ground work is very complete for someone so young and I believe he will based his strategy on that, trying to bring Vera to the ground and go to work on him. The KO looks very hard since both fighters will have different agendas but I cannot deny the possibility of a Submission, basically the fight could go all the way if Vera takes care of himself and doesn’t let Jones get too close. Jones was born on Rochester, Ny and he fights out of Endicott, NY. Jones got disqualified in his last fight against Matt Hamill in heavyweight division so he dropped some of that weight and now he will make a move on the best of the Lightheavyweight scene. At his young age Jones has only won 9 fights and lost 1 so this could be the beginning of a great UFC career.
The other interesting event will be a heavyweight fight between Junior Dos Santos age 26 and Gabriel Gonzaga age 30. Now this fight is not the main event but I believe it will be equally exciting, both fighters are super strong, they have great boxing skills and the could knock eachother out in a heart beat. This will be a typical heavyweight match and i expect to see no more than two rounds, these events usually are quick, someone will get their lights out before the 2nd round is over.
FIGHT ODDS
BRANDON VERA +200
JON JONES -240
JUNIOR DOS SANTOS -255
GABRIEL GONZAGA +215
My prediction for the main event is a tough one. Vera has the experience on his side but Jones is a better ground fighter so that makes me think twice about it. Vera could go all out in the first round but Jones can hold him easily by throwing him to the floor and work with him the rest of the time. My pick will be Jon “Bones” Jones -240. In the other match my pick will be Gabriel Gonzaga since he has more experience and hehas better skills than Dos Santos. My pick will be Gabriel Gonzaga +215.
HERE IS THE REST OF THE FIGHT CARD FOR THE EVENING:
Cheick Kongo VS. Paul Buentello
Alessio Sakara VS. James Irvin
Duane Ludwig VS. Spencer Fisher
Clay Guida VS. Shannon Gugerty
Eliot Marshall VS. Vladimir Matyushenko
John Howard VS. Daniel Roberts
Brendan Schaub VS. Chase Gormley
Mike Pierce VS. Rob Kimmons
Eric Schafer VS. Jason Brilz
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