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Brandon Vera Has a Broken Nose and Broken Contract

After a Unanimous Decision loss to Thiago Silva who dominated Brandon “The Truth” Vera for 3 rounds, the UFC has released the Light Heavyweight from his UFC contract. It was the third straight loss for Vera who also received a broken nose courtesy of Silva. Vera had been with UFC since 2005.
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After a Unanimous Decision loss to Thiago Silva who dominated Brandon “The Truth” Vera for 3 rounds, the UFC has released the Light Heavyweight from his UFC contract. It was the third straight loss for Vera who also received a broken nose courtesy of Silva. Vera had been with UFC since 2005.

Other fighters released from their contracts following their losses at UFC 125 were Marcus Davis and Antonio McKee. Both McKee and Davis were UFC Lightweights. McKee was making his UFC debut when he lost a Split Decision to Jacob Volkmann and Davis received his second loss in a row via KO from Jeremy Stephens. Usually UFC seems to practice a 3 strikes and you’re out method, but their Lightweight division is a bit overloaded with the WEC Lightweights moving in, which may have contributed to the two being cut from their contracts

Brandon Vera’s Nose Becomes a Mess at UFC 125

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Brandon Vera’s broken nose in his loss to Thiago Silva at UFC 125 on Saturday night has to go down as one of the ugliest injuries in UFC history.

It’s certainly not the most serious injury — there have been ugly broken legs in the O…

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Brandon Vera broke his nose at UFC 125.

Brandon Vera‘s broken nose in his loss to Thiago Silva at UFC 125 on Saturday night has to go down as one of the ugliest injuries in UFC history.

It’s certainly not the most serious injury — there have been ugly broken legs in the Octagon, and plenty of fighters have been knocked unconscious — but in terms of the way the injury looks, Vera’s nose is about as bad as a UFC injury gets. When a close-up of Vera’s face after the fight was shown on the big screen at the MGM Grand, the crowd gasped and then applauded Vera just for being tough enough to stick it out and finish the fight after he had been disfigured. Even Silva applauded, while Vera took a bow.