LAS VEGAS – Marlon Vera beat Nohelin Hernandez with a second-round submission Saturday night on the preliminary card at UFC 239 in Las Vegas.
Take a look inside the fight with Vera, who was supposed to fight Sean O’Malley until O’Malley was pulled for a potential USADA violation.
Result: Marlon Vera def. Nohelin Hernandez via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 3:25
Updated records: Vera (16-5-1 MMA, 8-4 UFC), Hernandez (10-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC)
Key stat: Vera won for the fourth straight time, all by stoppage.
Vera on the fight’s key moment
“Where I come from, you don’t have a chance to give up. If you do, you won’t make it. You’ll just be another nobody. Growing up, I told myself I was going to be somebody in life. When I found my passion in the UFC, I decided to go all in.”
Vera on the late opponent change
“It was hard to watch footage on him. There were some fights on YouTube, but they were from 2015. If you watch my fights from then, I’m completely different now. I was very stressed and didn’t really want to fight at first with all the changes. I was tired mentally, but then I got it under control by taking three days off and thinking positively. I reset my mind and was ready to go.”
Vera on what he wants next
“I want to stay active. Who do I want next? I’m not sure. I’m down to scrap. I’m not worried about the rankings.”
To hear more from Vera, check out the video of the full post-fight interview above.
For complete coverage of UFC 239, check out the UFC results.
