To do that, Vergara had to have a short memory and put his win over Lacerda in the rearview mirror. He absorbed the win, reflected on it, and dialed in on how he can get a dominant win and be cerebral against Salvador.
“Vinicius makes for a really messy fight. It’s hard to really know what to expect because he’s the kind of guy who goes out there and breaks all the rules,” Vergara said. “It makes for a messy situation. I saw his fight versus Victor Altamirano and Victor is kind of the same way, so it was like one of those Looney Tunes fights where you just see a cloud of dust, but it poses a new level of danger.”
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It’s in those moments that Vergara doesn’t want to let Salvador pull that primal mode out of him. He knows it’s there and he can rely on it when the gameplan hits the fan, but he’s hoping that he won’t need it on Saturday night.
“In my last fight, I feel like I was in a really bad spot in front of a really big crowd, at home, and was able to survive and adapt to that situation,” Vergara said. “Now I’m looking to show a new level of maturity.”
