{"id":462125,"date":"2022-11-03T02:21:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T09:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=462125"},"modified":"2022-11-03T02:21:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T09:21:04","slug":"aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon \u2018Chito\u2019 Vera exchange jabs while discussing potential title fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aljamain Sterling and Marlon Vera have teased a title fight between them in a back and forth on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Last month at UFC 280, Aljamain Sterling finished TJ Dillashaw to retain the UFC bantamweight championship. In the aftermath, he made it clear that he&#8217;s willing to take on whoever the UFC puts in front of him next.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Funk Master&#8217; has been a controversial champion and that&#8217;s putting it lightly. At the same time, though, nobody can deny his abilities inside the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>On the flip side, Marlon Vera &#8211; aka &#8216;Chito&#8217; &#8211; has spent the last few years proving himself as a contender at 135 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/funkmasterMMA\/status\/1587953007156666371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent interaction<\/a>, the pair made it clear they&#8217;re willing to fight one another.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I said June, but I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll have the itch to compete again sooner than that. I really don\u2019t care against who. If Dana says, you, then it\u2019s done.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IDidntForgetYouChito?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IDidntForgetYouChito<\/a> \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TcLLipD3au\">https:\/\/t.co\/TcLLipD3au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/funkmasterMMA\/status\/1587953007156666371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/funkmasterMMA\/status\/1587955139847012353<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/chitoveraUFC\/status\/1587956608394354689<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Vera: \u201cOk what date works for you @funkmasterMMA?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sterling: \u201cI said June, but I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll have the itch to compete again sooner than that. I really don\u2019t care against who. If Dana says, you, then it\u2019s done. #IDidntForgetYouChito\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Vera: \u201cIm not tripping, let\u2019s do it! Trust me I will make you remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sterling: \u201cThis is why I do this sport! After I smash you, maybe we will have cervezas\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Vera: \u201cIm finishing you\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Vera vs Sterling?<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;Chito&#8217; had previously <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cory-sandhagen-claps-back-at-marlon-vera-for-fight-ducking-accusations\/\">noted his interest<\/a> in facing Cory Sandhagen next, with either Sean O&#8217;Malley or Henry Cejudo likely getting a crack at the champ.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, things can change in the blink of an eye in this game, and Vera understands that. Whether Sterling is out until June or not, we expect to see a whole lot of movement at bantamweight.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think about Aljamain Sterling vs Marlon Vera as a possible title fight? Are there better options out there? If Vera doesn&#8217;t fight for the belt, who should he take on next? Let us know your thoughts in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aljamain Sterling and Marlon Vera have teased a title fight between them in a back and forth on social media. Last month at UFC 280, Aljamain Sterling finished TJ Dillashaw to retain the UFC bantamweight championship. In the aftermath, he made it clear that he&#8217;s willing to take on whoever the UFC puts in front [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":393672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10163,39563,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Aljamain Sterling and Marlon \u2018Chito\u2019 Vera exchange jabs while discussing potential title fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon Vera have teased a title fight between them in a back and forth on social media.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon \u2018Chito\u2019 Vera exchange jabs while discussing potential title fight | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon Vera have teased a title fight between them in a back and forth on social media.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-03T09:21:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aljamain-Sterling.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harry Kettle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Harry Kettle\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Harry Kettle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/2b63d73ee27460b473ff175d1d273460\"},\"headline\":\"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon \u2018Chito\u2019 Vera exchange jabs while discussing potential title fight\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-03T09:21:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-03T09:21:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/\"},\"wordCount\":335,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Aljamain Sterling\",\"Marlon Vera\",\"UFC\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2022\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/\",\"name\":\"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon \u2018Chito\u2019 Vera exchange jabs while discussing potential title fight | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-03T09:21:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-03T09:21:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon Vera have teased a title fight between them in a back and forth on social media.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"UFC\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon \u2018Chito\u2019 Vera exchange jabs while discussing potential title fight\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/2b63d73ee27460b473ff175d1d273460\",\"name\":\"Harry Kettle\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/harry-kettle\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon \u2018Chito\u2019 Vera exchange jabs while discussing potential title fight | BJPenn.com","description":"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon Vera have teased a title fight between them in a back and forth on social media.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon \u2018Chito\u2019 Vera exchange jabs while discussing potential title fight | BJPenn.com","og_description":"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon Vera have teased a title fight between them in a back and forth on social media.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2022-11-03T09:21:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Aljamain-Sterling.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Harry Kettle","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Harry Kettle","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/"},"author":{"name":"Harry Kettle","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/2b63d73ee27460b473ff175d1d273460"},"headline":"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon \u2018Chito\u2019 Vera exchange jabs while discussing potential title fight","datePublished":"2022-11-03T09:21:04+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-03T09:21:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/"},"wordCount":335,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Aljamain Sterling","Marlon Vera","UFC"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2022","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/","name":"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon \u2018Chito\u2019 Vera exchange jabs while discussing potential title fight | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-11-03T09:21:04+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-03T09:21:04+00:00","description":"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon Vera have teased a title fight between them in a back and forth on social media.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/aljamain-sterling-and-marlon-chito-vera-exchange-jabs-while-discussing-potential-title-fight\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"UFC","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Aljamain Sterling and Marlon \u2018Chito\u2019 Vera exchange jabs while discussing potential title fight"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/2b63d73ee27460b473ff175d1d273460","name":"Harry Kettle","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/harry-kettle\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54478"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}