Quote of the Day: Brandon Vera “Wouldn’t Mind Staying At 205″
“Everybody’s saying that my power looks and good and actually my kicks look faster and harder now. I was 212 (pounds) today at the end of practice … I think it’s working to an advantage. It’s making me hungry and meaner.
Talent-wise, man, the who’s who of 205 in the world is in the UFC right now. It’s ridiculous, it’s a whole long laundry list of who’s who. And the heavyweight division — you can pull, I think, maybe six guys out of the heavyweights. So yeah, I would say that 205 is way more stacked
I wouldn’t mind staying at 205. It’s all up to UFC in their grand scheme of things. We’ll see what’s going on and what they have in mind. “
Brandon Vera talks to USAToday.com about staying at light heavyweight beyond his upcoming debut at the new weight class against Reese Andy at UFC Fight Night 14 on July 19th.
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It’s about time he got his head out of his A$$! Could the LHW division possibly get any better?
that’s going to be a rough road for Brandon Vera if he really thinks he going to stay in that division…205 is definatly the elite division of the UFC…I have a feeling the lhw champ will change every title fight…
YEAH FOR REAL HUH… MOST PEOPLE IN THE DIVISION WON’T EVEN GET THE TITLE FIGHT. I USED TO THINK WW WAS THE BEST DIVISION. BUT LHW HAS GOTTEN REALLY TOUGH
in my opinion vera slots into the top 5 LHW man this is the best division in the ufc ide say it goes
rampage
liddell
wandi
a-silva (if he stays)
vera
t-silva
hendo (at 205)
machida
forrest
shogun
evens
man that was hard to pick i no forrest is the champ but i just couldn’t put him up there, ide love to pick the matches in the ufc lol
HOW CAN YOU PUT ANDERSON SO FAR UP AND VERA. THEY HAVEN’T EVEN FOUGHT…
That’s a tough task to put together a top ten in the LHW division but I would like to have Joe Silva’s job for a while…
Vera needs to stay at 205 and lay off the icecream…but Johnyboy you need to put forrest a little higher on your list…if you beat (i’m sure you think he lost but even if you keep it close) the #1 fighter at LHW you should be in the top 3.
to bad vera lost all my respect when he turned down 2 fights.what a puss.first he talks trash when hes in the weakest class ever then he turns down fights when he drops.now he acts like hes cool with whats ahead,please.johnboys list is one of the worst ive ever seen.you can tell how much he knows about the 205 class ha ha ha
Brandon is one of my favorite fighters because of his personality and talent.(good combo) The problem is, he has lost his last two fights. Whatever he does, he better win his next fight. If he loses his LHW debut, that is 3 loses in a row. Does he not get cut because it is his debut in a new weight division? In time Vera should be great….I’m just womdering what happens if he loses again.
WOW! They maybe a good career move for him, BUT thee aren’t any easy fights for him at 205 – that’s for sure!
he will do well at 205 especially since he is used to the bigger guys plus he has some serious reach both kicks and punch. i am excited to see his 205 debut and if he is at 212 with 9 days he will have an easy cut to 205 but watching your diet and working hard with no immediat rewards is painful and i am sure he will make this reese andy pay for it
he will do as well as bisping has with his weight change the question is can the spyder do as well with his weight change
Vera will face all the dangers that anybody at 205 faces. I love the division its just like just about any fight in the WEC. The WEC is so cool its the Arena Football of MMA. Anybody can win on any night at 205 and like the big boys one punch can change the marketing plans for Dana’s next six months! I would love to see Vera fight Evans as the both have the same energy level.
Brandon Vera will be a big problem for many of the 205 guys…
My list of 205 is this
Forrest – He’s the champ so he has to be the UFC’s best
Rampage
Machida
Liddell
Wand
Rashad
all the others don’t really matter because they either haven’t beat enough people (T Silva) or haven’t fought at 205 in the UFC enough, or at all (Hendo, Franklin, A. Silva, Shogun)
If Shogun’s only loss comes by way of the current champ then you can’t say he’s garbage, just not good enough to be ranked with people that have fought enough to prove themselves inside the UFC, in the world, thats different.
i love how everyone worships anderson silva now that he is in the ufc yet when he was in pride no one really cared about him!…..I really believe that my boy James is gonna destroy him….now i could be biased because he is my second favorite fighter but i cant see anderson knocking him out the only why i see him winning is by submission and i think if silva shoots on the sandman he is gonna catch a knee in the face…..Im hoping im right but probably not when i say that james will win by tko in the second and silva will lose his status as the best P4P fighter in the world……but to the brandon vera thing i cant believe people are saying he is gonna be a top 5 at lhw……i think he might come in with to much confidence and get upset by reese andy but even if he does win i dont think vera could beat wanderlai,liddell,machida,rampage,jardine or even rashad….you neverknow though i could be dead wrong
i agree that silva is a absolute moster in mma but bj peen is the best fighter in the world.now that he trains,oh boy.turning down fights is a super puss move and since vera turned down his first two he gets no love from me.shogun fought forest with a bum leg and when hes healthy who ever is in the cage is toast.id bet the farm that there is nobody better then a heathly shogun and hes still young.
i no vera or a-silva haven’t fought at 205 yet im just going on what i belive will happen when they do, vera is guna be a massive 205er and is guna pose a threat to anyone if u dont belive that then ur just stupid or as new age confucius says you dont no to much about the 205 weight class, i no enough to put up a list that i knew some people wont agree with im not that fussed if people think its wrong just my opinion, i no that chuck is guna be the next LHW champion and most peoples golden boy machida is not going to become much until he learns how to fight and not run away,
as for forrest being the champ so he must be number1 i dont think so, takeing nothing away from forrest i like him but i think he will lose his first defence to which im hopeing will be liddell
Vera would be a HUGE 205
If that is what he wants good on him, he is better suited for 205…but what had happened was… it just happens to be the deepest, strongest division in all of MMA….
You can’t blame Vera for leaving.205 is glory and Hvwt just means dealing with a quickly developing Lesnar who cuts from what 300?
Plus Lesnar look quicker on his feet and hips then Vera!!!
You honestly think he is the reason that Vera cut?
I think he is a reason but not the reaon. More Pro Wrestlers will come just like what happened in Japan.
If Vera did move down to avoid Lesnar that’s smart on his part because Brock would make Brandon his **** if they fought…he’s too much raw power for “the truth” to handle…
Lesnar is still unproven… for that matter niether is Vera but still…
I hope that is not the reason. People are way too high on Lesnar.
Lesnar fans are like Machida fans…very very loyal and don’t have a prob telling that those fighters are the best since sliced bread.
As a big and tall shopper myself let me say that Lesnar and Lashley can do things that are unheard of for most big men and they are unknown factors. We will see a HVWT division where most guys are shedding water weight to get to 265. NFl lineman bodybuilders Wrestlers Track and Field throwers all coming for the $$$. He was smart to leave. Let em kill each other and over crank submissions on eachother.
Vera will be decent.
Lesnar will be champ.
I’m Canadian (white) and I hope gsp stops smoking all that green stuff that me & BJ Penn like because there is absolutely no way he beats the spider. He will probably tool Penn in a rematch though.