A significant middleweight battle between title hopefuls Derek Brunson and Dricus Du Plessis is the furthest down the line expansion to UFC 285 in Spring.
Brunson (23-8 MMA, 14-6 UFC) and Du Plessis (18-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) have consented to meet on the Walk 4 card, which happens at T-Portable Field in Las Vegas and airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+
MMA Addict confirmed the booking with numerous individuals near the circumstance following an underlying report from ESPN.com’s Brett Okamoto, who likewise detailed Du Plessis marked a new multi-battle UFC contract in front of the session. Individuals mentioned secrecy in light of the fact that the advancement presently can’t seem to make an authority declaration.
Brunson will get back to activity interestingly since Spring, when he experienced a severe technical knockout misfortune to Jared Cannonier in a possible title eliminator. The misfortune snapped his series of wins, and had Brunson saying he planned to resign after another battle. All things being equal, he as of late guaranteed he needs to battle multiple times in 2023, and he’ll start off very strong by battling in the main quarter of the year.
Du Plessis, in the mean time, will endeavor to gather off the speed of his Battle of the Night accommodation triumph over Darren Till at UFC 282 this month. The South African warrior is unbeaten inside the octagon, and has shut down every one of his rivals inside the distance.
Marlon Vera would ‘prefer to bite the dust than cheat’, asserts there’s ‘sedates’ that assist warriors with passing USADA testing
UFC bantamweight Marlon Vera accepts that cheating is as yet overflowing in MMA and that there are ways of getting around USADA’s medication trying.
While he would prefer to kick the bucket than cheat, Vera accepts a few warriors approach to drugs that permit them to test clean while utilizing execution improving medications (PEDs).
“Chito” recommended that previous UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw is as yet utilizing PEDs and that USADA ought to keep testing him for essentially a year after his retirement.
Assuming he returns, it will be bizarre on the grounds that he tried positive as of now and he said he’s resigning for good, Vera said on Trust You Me . It’s insane on the grounds that the second you resign, you’re out of the [USADA] pool, I’m like, basically test the person for a year.
I accept individuals are duping even until this day, he added. I truly trust that. I heard there’s drugs you can take and in a real sense for the time being [the prohibited substance] similar to vanish… yet I would presumably prefer bite the dust than cheat. That is simply me right.
Dillashaw is one of the most famous medication swindles in the game, having tried positive for EPO in 2019 and gave a two-year suspension by USADA. He got back to rivalry last year however had to resign because of repeating wounds, losing through injury-technical knockout to Aljamain Authentic at UFC 280.
Vera gets back to move at UFC Battle Night 219 where he makes on Cory Sandhagen in the headliner. The card happens on Feb. 18, 2023, at the UFC Zenith in Las Vegas, Nevada.