{"id":45919,"date":"2022-08-15T11:51:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T11:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/whos-next-for-marlon-vera-after-win\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T11:51:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T11:51:50","slug":"whos-next-for-marlon-vera-after-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/whos-next-for-marlon-vera-after-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s next for Marlon Vera after win?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><em>(ALSO SEE: Sean Shelby&#8217;s Shoes: What&#8217;s next for Dominick Cruz after UFC on ESPN 41 loss?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Marlon Vera added another signature win to his resume Saturday when he knocked out Dominick Cruz in the UFC on ESPN 41 main event.<\/p>\n<p>Vera (20-7-1 MMA, 14-6 UFC) extended his winning streak to four fights when he landed a picture-perfect head kick on former UFC and WEC bantamweight champion Cruz (24-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) in the headlining act at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>With the most finishes in divisional history, \u201cChito\u201d is sitting on the verge of his first championship fight inside the octagon.  But with a competitive title picture chasing the winner of the UFC 280 title fight between Aljamain Sterling and TJ Dillashaw on Oct.  22, Vera&#8217;s next step isn&#8217;t guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>Where should Vera go from here?  Watch the video above for thoughts and analysis on his future after UFC on ESPN 41.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie&#8217;s event hub for UFC on ESPN 41.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"shortcode shortcode--vertical-gallery\" data-gallery-id=\"2571757\" data-gallery-type=\"vertical_gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"shortcode--vertical-gallery__header\"><span>Gallery<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"shortcode--vertical-gallery__title\">Marlon Vera def.  Dominick Cruz at UFC on ESPN 41: Best photos<\/h2>\n<div class=\"shortcode--vertical-gallery__image\">\n\t\t\t<noscript><img width=\"1000\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2022\/08\/Marlon-Vera-def.-Dominick-Cruz-UFC-on-ESPN-41-34.jpg?resize=1000%2C694&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-1000x1000 size-1000x1000\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2022\/08\/Marlon-Vera-def.-Dominick-Cruz-UFC-on-ESPN-41-34.jpg 4800w, https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2022\/08\/Marlon-Vera-def.-Dominick-Cruz-UFC-on-ESPN-41-34.jpg?resize=640,444 640w, https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2022\/08\/Marlon-Vera-def.-Dominick-Cruz-UFC-on-ESPN-41-34.jpg?resize=300,208 300w, https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2022\/08\/Marlon-Vera-def.-Dominick-Cruz-UFC-on-ESPN-41-34.jpg?resize=768,533 768w, 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class=\"vertical-gallery__overlay_text--view\">view<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t38 photos\t<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"shortcode shortcode--listicle\" data-gallery-id=\"2571401\">\n<h2 class=\"shortcode--listicle__header\"><span>list<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"shortcode--listicle__title\">Twitter reacts to Marlon Vera&#8217;s head kick KO of Dominick Cruz at UFC on ESPN 41<\/h2>\n<div class=\"shortcode--listicle__image\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"1000\" height=\"616\" class=\"attachment-1000x1000 size-1000x1000 lazy-load\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2022\/08\/dominick-cruz-ufc-on-espn-41.png?resize=1000%2C616&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2022\/08\/dominick-cruz-ufc-on-espn-41.png 1176w, https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2022\/08\/dominick-cruz-ufc-on-espn-41.png?resize=640,394 640w, 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Marlon Vera added another signature win to his resume Saturday when he knocked out Dominick Cruz in the UFC on ESPN 41 main event. Vera (20-7-1 MMA, 14-6 UFC) extended his winning streak to four fights when he landed &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/whos-next-for-marlon-vera-after-win\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Who&#8217;s next for Marlon Vera after win?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[16982,46,1099,16078,249,2631],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42984,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dominick-cruz-marlon-vera-face-to-face-interview\/","url_meta":{"origin":45919,"position":0},"title":"Dominick Cruz, Marlon Vera face-to-face interview","date":"August 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Fighters take part in tons of interviews in the buildup to their matchups, but not often they are done in the same room with each other, much less within arms' reach. 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