Overview
- Vera finished Charles Jourdain by TKO at 2:02 of Round 3 at UFC 331, with referee Mike Beltran stopping the fight after Jourdain covered up and waved it off.
- The bout took place Saturday, Sept. 19, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and the result snapped Vera’s four‑fight losing streak and gave him his first finish in roughly three years.
- Vera scored three knockdowns during the fight, a total that multiple outlets reported could be the most in UFC bantamweight history pending official confirmation.
- Jourdain posted that he “lost my eyesight in the third” and said he waved the fight off to avoid taking more head strikes, and outlets report he will need time to recover and may be sidelined for months.
- Vera credited a change in training and a renewed mindset for the turnaround, and the upset as a betting underdog reshuffles short‑term division pecking order and raises questions about Jourdain’s near‑term availability.