{"id":292149,"date":"2018-11-21T08:01:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T16:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=292149"},"modified":"2018-11-27T16:12:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T00:12:05","slug":"faster-stronger-brandon-vera-gunning-for-early-finish-at-one-conquest-of-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/faster-stronger-brandon-vera-gunning-for-early-finish-at-one-conquest-of-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Faster, stronger’ Brandon Vera gunning for early finish at ONE: Conquest of Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

He hasn\u2019t been inside the ONE Championship cage for almost two years, b<\/span>ut <\/span>Brandon Vera insists he is faster and stronger than ever <\/span><\/a>as he bids to defend his ONE Heavyweight World Title against Cage Warriors champion Mauro Cerilli at ONE: Conquest of Champions this Friday, November 23 in Manila, The Philippines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody\u2019s worried that it\u2019s been nearly two years, but it doesn\u2019t feel like that to me,\u201d the Filipino-American Brandon Vera said. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing action stuff<\/a>, and I\u2019ve been training on my days off. I\u2019ve really been just working.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been away for a while, almost two years, but I don\u2019t think for a second that I haven\u2019t been training and keeping sharp.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m stronger, faster, smarter, and better now than ever before. My team has made sure that I will be at my best by the time I step back into the ONE Cage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is home for me. I really missed this and I am excited to perform in front of you all next Friday night. The belt is going to stay in the Philippines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having last competed at ONE: Age of Domination in December, 2016 when he secured a first-round knockout of the previously undefeated Hideki \u201cShrek\u201d Sekine<\/a>, Brandon Vera admitted he was chomping at the bit to return.<\/p>\n

\u201cExcited is not even the word because I\u2019m longing for it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe only thing I can imagine it to be is the opposite of being locked up. Like if you\u2019re locked up, you\u2019re excited, and you cannot wait for the outside. I\u2019m the opposite. I can\u2019t wait for the inside [of the cage]. I know, it sounds crazy, right?\u00a0That\u2019s all the emotional stuff, that\u2019s all the anxiousness, all the excitement, the nervousness \u2013 all of it is encompassed in that feeling, I guess. I can\u2019t wait to get back inside,” he added.<\/p>\n

Vera\u2019s return won\u2019t be a walk in the park, though. Cerilli boasts a 12-2 professional record and is riding a five-match winning streak. A known finisher, nine of \u201cThe Hammer\u2019s\u201d 12 wins have come by either knockout or submission.<\/p>\n

But Brandon Vera is confident he will pick up where he left off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am excited to prove that I am one of the best heavyweights in the world on November 23,\u201d Vera said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t do promo stuff. Just watch the fight and enjoy because I don\u2019t win by points. It\u2019s not my style. I will be going for the finish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Catch Brandon Vera and Mauro Cerilli’s fight on the ONE Super App this Friday night in Asia, and Friday morning in North America.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 11\/21\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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