Despite landing a second-round knockdown, Marlon Vera suffered his third consecutive defeat in Ultimate Fighting Championship competition on Saturday night.
The former bantamweight title challenger failed to capitalize on that momentum, as he was outworked by Aiemann Zahabi in a closely-contested split decision at UFC Vancouver. “Chito” voiced his frustration with the judges’ scorecards in a post-fight statement on social media.
"Sometimes things can get really dark," Vera wrote. "But not giving up will get you light. Don’t get it twisted, I won tonight. We got robbed in Canada.