This past Saturday on the main card of UFC Vancouver , we saw a big time matchup between two top ten bantamweights. Former title challenger Marlon “Chito” Vera (23-11-1) was looking to bounce back after back-to-back losses as he took on surging contender Aiemann Zahabi (14-2).

Vera’s biggest problem throughout his career has been the fact that he’s a slow starter. He almost always gives away the first round and when you’re not fighting five rounds, you put yourself in a massive hole doing that. Vera promised that he would be more aggressive in this fight after changing things with his training.

In the first round, he was able to drop Zahabi with a perfect jab. Zahabi was hurt badly, but all Vera did was seemingly stalk him after rocking him. He didn’t put his foot on the gas to try and g

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