MANILA, Philippines – Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight contender Brandon Vera sees only one weakness in Jon “Bones” Jones’ game, and he plans to capitalize on it when they clash in the Octagon on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in UFC Live: Vera vs Jones.

“We've been studying for a while, and his biggest weakness is his inexperience,” said the 32-year-old Filipino American in UFC.com. “That's the only X factor in this game.”

The light heavyweight match, the main header of this weekend’s UFC wars, is set to take place in Broomfield, Colorado.

Vera said Jones’ other weaknesses are only likely to surface at the heat of their match up.

“Everything else, he's almost like a seasoned vet, so we're going to try to look for holes and exploit them,” he said.

Vera, known in the MMA circuit as “The Truth”, already has 11 wins in his belt. He has only suffered 4 losses, 3 of them in very close fights, and 1 in a controversial stoppage.

Jones, on the other hand, has streaked to 9 wins before suffering a loss by disqualification. He was struck out for hitting Matt Hamill at The Ultimate Fighter® Heavyweights FINALE for illegal elbow strikes while on full mount.

Vera said the New York-based Jones would have to watch out for his knees and roundhouse kicks.

“Nobody kicks with the malicious intent that I do and he hasn’t gone against anybody whose Thai clinch is as good as mine. We’re both going to have to find out a lot about each other that night,” he said.

Jones, however, said he’d be using his unpredictability to stun the UFC veteran.

The 23-year-old fighter said he has fought different fights each time he enters the Octagon. 
 
“Guys who study my fights, I try to give them an evolution, and they’ll see a totally different style in every fight,” he said. “So it’s kinda hard right now to predict what I’ll do in my next fight because every fight is very different and I’ll come back a completely different fighter for a completely different opponent.”