Marlon Vera Is Still Looking To Reach His Destiny

Marlon Vera is ready for Saturday’s fight with Deiveson Figueiredo, and nothing was going to distract him, not even early morning doctor visits to get blood drawn before he left his home in California for Abu Dhabi.

“They'll only find steak and vegetables,” Vera said of the blood test results before I inform him that a blood test will only find pizza and Oreos in me.

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He laughs, even though I’m telling the truth, and he’s in good spirits in his first fight since a March defeat to UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley in their highly anticipated rematch. It was revenge for “Suga Sean,” and a punch to the gut for “Chito,” who now starts again on his…