On the finish of his victory over the Brazilian at UFC Combat Evening in Las Vegas, Marvin Vettori let off a foul-mouthed expletive at Paulo Costa in his post-match interview following the light-heavyweight most important occasion.
Getting again to profitable methods following a loss to Israel Adesanya for the middleweight title final trip in June, Vettori battled to a unanimous resolution win after a five-round slugfest on the UFC Apex in Sin Metropolis.
In a chaotic build-up to the bout, Costa nearly jeopardized the occasion altogether by revealing he would are available in wildly chubby, with the competition being pushed again from middleweight to a 195lb catchweight bout, after which shunted even additional out to the 205lb mild heavyweight restrict.
"You misplaced to the ******* scales!" ⚖️
Pay attention to what was stated within the face-off between Paulo Costa and Marvin Vettori.
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Regardless of his lack of dedication, Costa put in a spirited efficiency and was significantly spectacular along with his physique kicks and one other to the pinnacle that despatched Vettori reeling.
In Spherical 2, he additionally had a degree deducted for an eye fixed poke.
Vettori did sufficient for the win although, and took house a Efficiency of the Evening Bonus in addition to a proportion of Costa’s purse on account of the Brazilian’s weigh-in antics.
Battle examined and rose to the event. @MarvinVettori will get the UD nod in a traditional of a most important occasion #UFCVegas41 pic.twitter.com/iKAPgFQ1tI
— UFC (@ufc) October 23, 2021
Persevering with the unhealthy blood between the pair, ‘The Italian Dream’ known as his foe “a c*nt” to former middleweight champion and pundit Michael Bisping when he requested him what he considered Borrachina following their battle.
“Because of this the UFC is unparalleled leisure,” quipped one fan.
“Spotlight of the evening,” one other known as it.
“New respect for Vettori . Took the struggle at 20lbs increased, massively outsized, ate some large photographs, received and known as him a c*nt in a dwell interview,” gushed one other fan.
Marvin Vettori (190) and Paulo Costa (163) mixed for 353 vital strikes landed, the 4th largest rely in UFC historical past and the biggest rely ever not that includes Max Holloway, per UFC Stats. pic.twitter.com/41iyC39KcY
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) October 23, 2021
Immediate traditional ??
Marvin Vettori received me over tonight. What a troublesome SOB. Poker face was unbelievable all through. True skilled. Didn’t complain all week about Costa’s antics and got here to struggle. Congrats @MarvinVettori you monster. pic.twitter.com/rDFHywRzhQ
— Lewis Simpson (@LewisSimpsonMMA) October 23, 2021
Regardless of his outburst, president Dana White nonetheless heaped reward on Vettori.
“We have been making an attempt to maintain this struggle alive and guarantee that it occurred, and we couldn’t have carried out it with no man like Vettori,” he stated throughout his post-fight press convention.
“Vettori acted like an absolute skilled, stud, a man that’s unbelievable to work with. That’s why this struggle occurred,” he completed.
As for Costa, he now has two consecutive losses to his identify and is undoubtedly in White’s unhealthy books after additionally pulling out of a scheduled August bout with Jared Cannonier in June over fighter pay.