Midnight Mania! Marlon Vera’s home burglarized while in Miami for UFC 299: ‘I’m gonna find you’

Welcome to Midnight Mania!

It’s been a crappy week for Marlon Vera.

Vera came up short in the principle occasion of UFC 299 on Saturday (March 9, 2024) from Miami, Florida. Not solely did he depart the cage with out the title, however champion Sean O’Malley principally used his face as a pace bag (watch highlights), touchdown dozens and dozens of nasty pictures in a master class performance. It was a tough evening on the workplace, to say the least, however Vera’s misfortunes don’t finish there.

On Instagram, “Chito” posted an image of a busted entrance door, revealing his house had been burglarized whereas he was away preventing in Miami. Vera wrote, “The f—king a—gap that broke into my house, I’m gonna discover you.”

“The context is final evening there was a theft,” Vera additionally wrote on-line (through LowKickMMA). “They broke into our home. Although they’re materials issues, they’re issues which were purchased with lots of effort and arduous work. However hey, most of these issues occur and the reality is tonight shall be an excellent one.”

Sadly, Vera is not the first fighter to have his house damaged into whereas away on enterprise. Final 12 months, former UFC interim Heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane was robbed whereas preventing in Paris, dropping an estimated six-figures within the break-in. Robberies like this have turn into a problem for athletes past MMA as effectively — a part of the hazard of getting one’s location identified far and extensive months forward of time.

After the loss at UFC 299, Vera faces a protracted street forward to return to the title image. He’s now misplaced two of his final three, and each five-round defeats noticed “Chito” wrestle to win a spherical. Nonetheless, he’s vowed to return for the belt.

Insomnia

I’ve a troublesome time understanding why Cedric Doumbe ought to have a loss on his file as a result of somebody wore boots into the cage.

Am I loopy in assume Michael Web page is a nasty match up for Ian Garry? I may additionally see it taking part in out like Darren Until vs. Stephen Thompson (boring).

A Light-weight showdown of jiu-jitsu black belts:

Tim Elliott has been across the Flyweight block!

Daniel Lacerda’s historic 0-5 (1) UFC run is not going to be forgotten.

Two of Dustin Poirier’s rivals had been thrilled to see him victorious at UFC 299 — fairly cool!

A throwback boxing match between present boxing greats:

Slips, rips, and KO clips

As talked about, the end is certainly very cool, however the transition from preliminary takedown change into triangle choke made me rewind thrice to know what occurred.

Fast lead leg excessive kick sneaks proper over the fingers:

Circled him proper into the elbow — nasty!

Random Land

The engine seems able to explode.

Midnight Music: Various, 1989

Sleep effectively Maniacs! Extra martial arts insanity is at all times on the best way.