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Brandon Vera: Somebody's going to sleep on March 21

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"You take me to the ground this year, you're going to get submitted, I'll tell you that much right now. He's with a new camp, he's with (Greg) Jackson's and them. They're good game plan people so he might try to take me to the ground, but I tell you this much in 2010, my jiu-jitsu game I've been tightening back up. Jones, he's got the skills; he'll stand with me. Somebody's going to go to sleep."

UFC light heavyweight standout and Muay Thai striker Brandon Vera hopes to show Jon Jones "The Truth" about where he stands in the 205-pound division when they square off at UFC on Versus 1 from the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado, on March 21. "Bones" has been obliterating the competition since his UFC debut in 2008 and could vault himself into title contention with a dominant performance over Vera. Someone may indeed "go to sleep" in this one -- but who?

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