Henry Cejudo vs. Marlon Vera Set for UFC 292 in Boston

A pivotal bantamweight clash pitting Henry
Cejudo against Marlon Vera
has been added to the UFC
292 lineup.

ESPN was first to report the booking. Both fighters have
verbally agreed to the bout, which is expected to be finalized
soon. UFC 292 takes place at the TD Garden Arena in Boston on Aug.
19 and is headlined by a bantamweight title tilt between Aljamain
Sterling and Sean O’Malley.

Cejudo returned from a nearly three-year retirement at UFC 288,
where he lost a closely contested split decision to Sterling on May
6. The Olympic gold medalist and former two-division champion had
won six consecutive UFC appearances from 2017 to 2020, bestling the
likes of Dominick
Cruz, Marlon
Moraes, T.J.
Dillashaw, Demetrious
Johnson and Sergio
Pettis during that period.

Vera, meanwhile, had a four-bout winning streak snapped in his last
outing, when he fell to Cory
Sandhagen via split decision in the UFC on ESPN 43 headliner on
March 25. “Chito” owns a resume that includes notable wins over
Cruz, Rob
Font, Frankie
Edgar, and O’Malley, among others.