The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Marlon Vera entered this fight with a pro record of 15-5-1 (87% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 bantamweight in the world. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2017 and 2018, against John Lineker (John Lineker vs Marlon Vera) and Douglas Silva de Andrade but then he has won five fights defeating Frankie Saenz, Nohelin Hernandez and Andre Ewell in 2019.
His opponent, Yadong Song, has an official mma record of 15-4-1 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. He lost to Renat Ondar in 2016 but since then he has collected seven victories and one draw, in his last bout, against Cody Stamann; before this fight, in 2019, he had also beat Alejandro Perez. Vera vs Song is on the undercard of Alistair Overeem vs Walt Harris – UFC on ESPN 8. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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2017 MMA fight – John Lineker vs Marlon Vera – fight Video UFC FN 119
John Lineker entered this fight with a record of 29-8-0 (59% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cody Garbrandt) but he comes off the loss against TJ Dillashaw (=Dillashaw vs Lineker); before this bout he had beat John Dodson (=Lineker vs Dodson).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Marlon Vera, has a mma record of 10-3-1 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Davey Grant last year but then he has beat Ning Guangyou, Brad Pickett and Brian Kelleher. Lineker vs Vera is on the undercard of Derek Brunson vs Lyoto Machida – UFC Fight Night 119. Watch the video and rate this fight!