Report: Thomas Almeida vs. Marlon Vera set for UFC 235

By Lucas Rezende@rezenluc

Bloodyelbow.com

A pair of exciting bantamweights are headed to Las Vegas, Nevada. According to Flo Combat’sreport, knockout artist Thomas Almeida will take on versatile finisher Marlon Vera at UFC 235.

Once a hot prospect in the division, but now winless in his last two bouts, Thomas Almeida (21-3) was knocked out by Rob Font in his last outing and dropped a unanimous decision to Jimmie Rivera before that. The 27-year-old’s last win came in November 2016, when he TKO’d Albert Morales in the second round.

A TUF Latin American alumnus, Marlon Vera (12-5-1) will try to make it three in a row when he meets Almeida. With a submission win over Guido Cannetti and a TKO victory against Wuliji Buren in his last couple of bouts, ‘Chito’ hasn’t lost since he dropped a unanimous decision to Douglas Silva de Andrade back in February 2018.

UFC 235 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday, March 2nd. The card will be headlined by a light heavyweight title fight between the champion, Jon Jones and challenger Anthony Smith, pending Jones’ approval of a license from the Nevada Athletic State Commission.

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