UFC on Versus 1 main card recap: Jones dominates Vera, Dos Santos KOs Gonzaga

By MMAEdition on Mar 21, 2010 with Comments 0

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Wanting to graduate from prospect to true contender, light heavyweight Jon Jones needed a signature career victory on a big stage against a big-name opponent.

The youngster got it – in impressive and dominating fashion – with a skull-rattling elbow strike that set up a first-round TKO victory over Brandon Vera.

The fight capped off UFC on Versus 1, the first-ever Ultimate Fighting
Championship event to air on Versus, at the 1STBANK Center in
Broomfield, Colo.