Marlon Vera, Cory Sandhagen Clash to Headline UFC Fight Night 219 on Feb. 18

An exciting bantamweight clash is going down at the UFC Apex early
next year.

On Friday, the
Ultimate Fighting Championship announced Marlon Vera
would take on Cory
Sandhagen in the upcoming
UFC Fight Night 219 event that will go down on Feb. 18.

Vera (20-7-1, 14-6 UFC) is currently riding a four-bout winning
streak that features four bonuses, including Fight of the Night and
Performance of the Night. In his latest outing, “Chito” knocked out
former divisional kingpin Dominick
Cruz with a head kick that halted the contest in Round 4.
Prior, the
Team Oyama representative scored victories over Rob Font,
former UFC titleholder Frankie
Edgar and Davey
Grant.

Former interim title contender Sandhagen (15-4, 8-3 UFC) is coming
off a technical-knockout victory over Song Yadong at UFC Fight
Night 210, in which “Sandman” bounced back after back-to-back
defeats at the hands of former divisional champions T.J.
Dillashaw and Petr Yan.

UFC Fight Night 219 will also feature a women’s flyweight affair
between Erin
Blanchfield and Taila
Santos and a 205-pound tilt between Ovince St.
Preux and Philipe
Lins.