Comments on: Brandon Vera reveals why he declined fight with Lyoto Machida in new interview

By: Rich S.

Rich S. — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:48:12 +0000

is it just me or did Brandon already say this on MMARated a few months ago..
i remember him admitting to turning down Machida.. and proceeding to say that “he’s not the kind of guy you want to fight on short notice”

either way.. if Vera’s back to the way he was in his first few UFC fights, then Jardine’s going to get knocked cold in the second round..
otherwise, Jardine’s going to win a decision..

i really enjoy Vera and think he can be very marketable.. he just needs to get his head right..

By: GassedOut

GassedOut — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:16:37 +0000

I can’t say I blame Vera if he had less than a month to prepare for a guy like Machida. The guy needs careful preparation to have any kind of shot at a decent showing, never mind a win.

By: sPoOfee

sPoOfee — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:39:45 +0000

jardine will ko vera! , im not a jardine fan nor am i a vera fan, but im hoping jardine wins or another scenario i would like to see is jardine getting knocked out in the first round again , which will make it 3 times he got KTFO , by alexander and silva, although i dont see it happening

By: Powers

Powers — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:09:47 +0000

3 and a half weeks is a short ass time to prepare.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:22:07 +0000

Jardine will get beat he’s not in Vera’s league skill wise.People have to get rid of this idea of Jardine being a top 10 fighter.He’s nowhere near top 10.He has shown zero ground game in any of his fights and Vera’s muay thai skills will be too much.Sorry ihateemo for not giving a one sentence answer i know people no longer have an attention span and can’t concentrate for more than 15 seconds.

By: CaptainAmerica1967

CaptainAmerica1967 — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:42:14 +0000

Jardine will win whether by decision or TKO or KO.

By: Toque

Toque — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:20:56 +0000

*sniff *sniff

You guys smell that?

Smells like pussy.

By: Jeff L

Jeff L — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:22:36 +0000

I think Jardine is going to roll him.

By: Ktru

Ktru — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:29:38 +0000

Thought that was a decent interview and shows the simplistic human side to the once-labeled “Next big thing in the HW division”.
He will probably beat Jardine, then lose his next fight to whomever….

By: FEDOR hid this DVD from you!

FEDOR hid this DVD from you! — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:12:08 +0000

Brandon Vera seems to be losing it…

By: ihateemo

ihateemo — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:22:05 +0000

I’m pretty sure he already explained that about Machida several weeks ago.

Also, yay one sentence answers!

By: the Levi

the Levi — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:54:26 +0000

should be an interresting fight. I hope that this fight doesn’t go to the judges. I like both fighters but I’m leaning towards the Truth.I would like to see if he can solve Machida.

By: weoweoweo

weoweoweo — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:29:58 +0000

if he fought Machida the way he fought Reese he’d surely lose. He was obviously not used to weight cutting and gassed early. Hopefully he does better in the jardine fight.

By: Sabotage

Sabotage — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:45:50 +0000

I don’t blame Vera for not taking the Machida fight on three and a half weeks notice. Not many fighters would even take that fight with a full training camp of 8-10 weeks.