vera is like mayweather.. he just can’t get cut..

I was like, “uhhh, Neil Grove never fought Evan Tanner.”

Wouldn’t miss either of these guys very much, to be honest. I don’t know what Vera’s problem is lately (yeah yeah, cutting weight…) but he’s gone from one of my favorite fighters to watch to someone I actually dread having to sit through when I see him on a card.

I refuse to believe the UFC would cut a TUF winner, though. (Travis Lutter doesn’t count.)

Totally sucked me in, expecting something about some news that these guys were being cut or rumored to being cut!

I am really disappointed about Vera. When he first came on the scene, before his contract problems, that guy was very exciting and fun to watch. He was small for a heavyweight, but he seemed to have devastating enough striking that you could see him winning the belt, and he seemed small enough to be able to cut down and get the LHW belt too. At the time I thought it a real possibility that he might actually be able to hold both belts and be the first guy in the UFC to hold two at the same time. Then that contract dispute, tons of time off, the emergence of giants in the heavyweight class, a cut to LHW, and just lackluster performances every since. What a shame. I’m still puzzled about why he’s been so bad as a LHW, frankly.

I like Grove on TUF, but have generally never really cared about seeing him in a fight since.

I’d hate to see Vera go, just because of the potential that used to be there. Still kind of hopeful he can get it back somehow.

Even if Vera somehow found a way to lose this, he would not get cut solely based on what he brings to the table in terms of TV interest in the Phillipines. Grove, on the other hand, is expendable.