“It’s my one-year goal — to win both titles. I’ll fight anyone UFC wants me to fight. I’m not scared of anyone. I train ridiculously hard for all my fights. I drive myself to the point of exhaustion. In the past, I’ve collapsed in the gym. When I’m training for a fight, I work out thrice a day from six to eight weeks. Each day, I do 50 minutes of conditioning, including working six six-minute rounds, then 1 1/2 hours of repetition drills and finally, 1 1/2 hours of doing whatever my coaches want, like sparring or banging the bag or hitting the mitts…. After I get the heavyweight belt, I’m going after Rampage (light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson). I’ve already challenged Rampage. We’ve agreed that whoever wins will buy a car of his opponent’s choice but the plate will show the word ‘loser.’ I wouldn’t like to drive a Lamborghini with ‘loser’ on the plate so I don’t intend to lose.. I’ve trained with Rampage and he’s tough. But when the title’s on the line, it’s anything goes in the UFC.”
– Heavyweight contender Brandon Vera tells the Philippine Star that he plans to win the division title and then take on UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, claiming both title at the same time. “The Truth” will have to first take out Fabricio Werdum at UFC 85 at the O2 Arena in London, England, on June 7.
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Queue the hype machine!
It would actually be funny if he did get both belts……..2 guys holding 4 belts would be interesting!
are you kidding. did you see his fight against Tim sylvia. BV will never see the heavyweight title and he is not even a contender in LHW. The only person he has beaten with any status is Frank Mir and he was completely off his game coming back from the injury. Get real BV.
Brandon vera is crazy… he cant beat most of the heavyweights… and rampage would smash him!!
What most heavyweights. He beat Frank Mir coming off a serious injury. Tim Sylvia embarrassed him. Especially after all the talk before that fight. C’mon he hasn’t proved anything.
Tim embarrassed him by not being able to do nothing to him with a broken hand. Vera will smash Rampage. Mir must have had a miraculous recovery RIGHT after Vera DESTROYED him in 1 minute, because he sure ended his next 2 fights in a hurry by 1st round sub. When Mir fought Dan Christionson he was a fat slob, when he fought Vera he look in GREAT shape. Vera just made him look bad, like he will to the rest of the HW’s. Don’t be fooled by the Sylvia fight. Vera lost 1 MMA fight and 1 moi thay (sp)fight, both to 6′ 8″ guys. He might stuggle with giants ,but he spanks everyone else. Vera trained with Rampage,so he probably has pretty good idea how he would do.
For once I agree with you Gord, Vera is one of my favorite HW and I think he’ll do great, he is easily a top contendar and it’s time we saw that in his opponents.
Beat Rampage? AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
What’s even funnier is Rampage IS susceptible to Knees and Vera has brutal knees. Vera also has way better kicks, BJJ and moi thay. Not to mention his wrestling is top notch. Vera will finish Rampage, gaurranteed.
…Just like he did to Tim “the retard” Sylvia
Dude broke his hand! Vera is no joke, if he came down to l/hw i could see him causing ANYONE problems including Rampage.
didn’t cause Tim Sylvia any problems.
this guy really talks alot.. i like him and his confidence.. but he hasn’t done anything to prove himself to back up what he says .. so until i see something out of him i dont’ see him even being top 5 heavy weight.. let alone go after rampage… and big nog would submit his ass in 2 sec’s.
your’e right. he looked gassed against silvia and he claims to be training 3 times a day. i dont even think he can make 205 even being a smaller hw. dude must like to eat to much. i dont dislike vera, but he has to stop talking and start doing!
Dude, he broke his hand in that fight. He wasn’t gassed.
I like Vera but like Tim Sylvia once said, he has to earn the right to talk like that.
He hasn’t really beaten anybody noteworthy. (Mir doesn’t count).
Thats so stupid to say Mir doesn’t count, why not? An ex World champ, no why should that count.
Vera’s only loss came when he broke his hand but yet everyone is on his case. Watch him KO Werdum then challenge Nog for the title in September time.
Mir’s Cardio was brutal at that point in his return. It seems that only recently he appears to be taking things more seriously. I respect Vera and hope he’s as good as he says he is, but he really hasn’t proved much at this point.
Oh, and did Vera actually say that he works out, not once, not twice but “thrice” daily? Maybe there’s a translation issue (article comes from the Philippines) but people need get on the bandwagon and help bring that word back. Oops, it’s Thrice O’clock, gotta go.
Mir’s cardio was brutal at the point of his return, but Vera fought him 3 fights later and he looked to be in good shape. Besides since when does cardio come into play when you get DESROYED in the 1st minute of the fight.
I think what he means is that Mir was coming off a huge layoff from a serious injury. If they fought now I think it would be a completely different story
Exactly Nick, I like how they say Mir is washed up when Vera beat him and a few months later Mir gets 2 first round subs and he is the shit now. Mir was BETTER than back when he fought Vera. Mir looked in better condition than he EVER did before the accident. You could actually see his abs, not that beer gut he used to bring into the octagon.
No way in hell he does that workout unless he is on the same diet as a T-rex. I’d like to see Vera and Kongo at HW, but really I would just like to see him move down to LHW. I cant think of any good kick boxers in LHW off the top of my head. He could do some damage there.
Why does the winner have to buy the car? The winner buys the loser a car and gives him plates that say loser? GD! I would probably throw a fight for a lamburghini if all I had to do was have loser on my plate and have a “L” on my record.
Not sure if my comment got posted but why does the winner buy a car with plates that say loser?
I didn’t get that either? Suppose Rampage and Vera aren’t the brightest sparks.
because they are friends..So whoever win’s buy’s the loser a car, But the loser has to have “loser” as the license plate..I think it is funny..If I was a fighter, fighting a friend, I could see myself making the same bet..
They both got money..
When he starts winning fights against accomplushed fighters then maybe he could call out the champ. For all the hype around him I have failed to see any of the fireworks…
Don’t worry not everyone can see talent early on. Some people need evidence to believe and others need proof. The evidence is already there and one would have to be blind not to see it. The proof will come in his next 3 fights,now that he’s fighting top guys. The first time I saw GSP fight, I said to myself , that boy is going to be champion soon. I got the same impression when I first saw Vera fight. Mark my words, Vera WILL at least get 1 belt and soon. Vera is the FULL package just like GSP and the doubters will realise this soon enough.
Cant believe I agree with Gord. Vera is the full package, just like Penn
i like vera, i think he’s definitely capable of doing what he says, but it’s a bit rich to start yapping about it all while he still needs to get past werdum(who i think he will).
He won’t beat werdum. Won’t happen. Werdum is so underrated.
I agree Werdum is underrated,so when Vera beats him it will mean something.
He will be lucky to get the HW belt in a year. To get two belts will take 3 or 4 years. Look at A Silva. He’s defended his 4 times and they haven’t offered him a shot at another belt yet. You have to win it then clear out the division with it.
Idiot Sylvia is 6′8 he is to big to become 2 div world champion
Shut Up Vera, after your fight with Big Tim, we’ve come to realize, you are just not the next champion at any weight.
agreed, the biggest talker that hasn’t done anything.
Vera BROKE his freaking hand! do u know hat that means??? he had to fighta giant with one hand
yeah vera you need to win fights to become a champ vera is going to beat you
yeh ok
i’m hoping he ko’s werdum.
Vera makes me mad. He is a very talented fighter but he needs to stop fuc*#($ around and move to light heavyweight. Yeah you train hard and then you go home and eat everything that you can get your hands on. That will slow you down in the gym fool! This dude is a beast but he is way too small for heavyweight. Put the pizza down Brandon and make the move!
this guy is a clown he ran from Tim Sylvia and now that Tim is Gone he is mister tough Guy what a Panty waste! show up and fight next time and maybe the FANS WILL BELIEVE YOU UNTIL THEN SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GET YOUR NAME BACK
P.S. I honestly dont think you could get passed Brock Lesnar!
Would be great to see that fight. Would hope Brock would hammer fist him to oblivion.
OR, Vera would jack Brock a foot off the ground with a knee to the face, the same way he did to the last guy that BEAT Brock.
not a chance.
Talk about looking past Verdum. Personally, I’d like to see a MiddleHeavy Weight Division at 225 lbs. Then, the Truth could shovel all the calories he wanted into his big mouth, and still have a title.
still have a title. don’t crown this clown yet. Watch the Sylvia fight. That aint no champion. Talks like one.
You’re right… I should have said title shot. I think there are plenty of guys around the 225 lb range that would make this an exciting division. Both small HW’s and big LHW’s would fill this division deeper than the 185 lb division, not that that’s saying a lot. And yes, unfortunately I did see the Sylvia fight. But I do think Vera is more exciting when he’s fighting guys his size. He looked scared against Sylvia… despite his injury.
the guy got some kahunas for calling out Rampage. IMO thats the most scariest guy in mma. Vera could make some noise though with a win over werdum. hoping for him to greet werdum’s face with a knee to the chin sending teeth down his throat into his lung. He’s like the Bisping of the philipines - a national hero, GODZILLA BIG, a teeny bopper heartthrob = $ for UFC. like Manny Pacqiao. he’ll probably blow up even more. watch.
He TRAINS with Rampage. No one is seeing the similarity to Randy training with Sylvia. Randy KNEW he would win that fight, because he OWNED Tim in training. Vera has first hand knowlage of what he is getting into.
thats some funny sh!t about the winner buying a car for the loser with matching loser plates.
Comment by UFCAddict
2008-04-24 08:24:28
Talk about looking past Verdum. Personally, I’d like to see a MiddleHeavy Weight Division at 225 lbs. Then, the Truth could shovel all the calories he wanted into his big mouth, and still have a title.
that would make tha already weak Hwt Div. weaker.
but it would create some interesting opportunities for some of big 205ers and small Hwts to fight.
i would rather see a superHwt div. for the huge guys like Brock and anyone else over 250.
lHwt186-205
Hwt 206-249
S-Hwt 250+
I agree with you that it would make the HW division weaker, but I think a 225 lb division would get enough of the bigger 205’s to make a division that would be more interesting than the current HW divison. Still, I like your suggestion better than the current categories, as well. Because I definitely think that having 206-265 creates possible matchups of a 265 pounder vs. a 220 pounder that aren’t fun to watch.
I don’t see it happening.
VERA for President!
We need this guy to drop down to Middleweight and test his game against Silva. I’d like to see him talk big after that…
Vera said a LONG time ago , he likes to state his goals publicly, because it motivates him. ” I don’t want to drive around with LOSER on my license plates”. Vera probably made that bet. If you are the type who hates to be wrong, there is no better way, to make sure you do everything possible, to make what you say, HAPPEN. Vera will make it happen.