Brandon Vera

Brandon "The Truth" Vera is a fighter I find genuinely interesting because of how his career arc bent. He came up in the UFC heavyweight and light-heavyweight ranks with real hype, then later found his crown overseas as the inaugural ONE Heavyweight Champion. To me that's a smart, almost strategic second act: rather than fading, he became a marquee name in Asia, which makes sense given his Filipino-American roots. At 191cm with a military background and Old Dominion behind him, he always carried himself like a disciplined athlete. I see him as proof that reinvention in another promotion can mean more than chasing the same belt forever.

Name (English)

Brandon Vera

Name (Japanese)

ブランドン・ヴェラ

Reading

ぶらんどん・ゔぇら

Born

October 10, 1977 (age 48)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake

Origin

Virginia, United States

Height

191 cm

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter / military personnel / kickboxer

High school

Lake Taylor High School

University

Old Dominion University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.brandonvera.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/brandonthetruthvera/
• Xhttps://x.com/Verafied
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%A9

Tags

• Virginia
• mixed martial arts fighter
• military personnel
• kickboxer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.