‘I Made Your Face Even Uglier’- Israel Adesanya Ignites War of Words With Marvin Vettori

The middleweight title will hang in the balance when Israel Adesanya faces Marvin Vettori at UFC 263. This will be a rematch between the pair that fought back in 2018 at UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs Gaethje. The fight was a close contest where ‘The Last Stylebender’ emerged victorious by split decision.

A week ahead of their bout, the duo connected with UFC commentator Michael Bisping. Things were going well until Marvin Vettori revealed his game plan. Vettori said, “I’m just gonna wrestle you buddy, I’m just gonna come in and try to hand on the leg and then take you down. And eventually tear you up that’s exactly what I’m gonna do buddy.”

Israel Adesanya replied, “He can try, I mean, it’s not like anyone hasn’t tried in my first, second, third, fourth, fifth. How many fu**ing UFC fights I’ve been tryna take that same sh**ty game plan. What did you do with the takedown tell me what you did? I sat down for about two minutes. I got back up, and I whooped your a**.”

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Marvin Vettori replied, “I still got you down.”

Israel Adesanya “I got back up. And what did you do, tryna finish the fight? I f**ked you up I styled on you I made your face even uglier than it was.”

Israel Adesanya compares Marvin Vettori to an ex-girlfriend

Now, after three years, as their paths have crossed again, ‘The Italian Dream’ believes it’s his destiny to become the UFC middleweight champion, avenging his non-title defeat to the current champion. Whereas Adesanya is hoping to put the last nail in the coffin and end Vettori’s dream by going 2-0 against him.

Adesanya continued his troll, comparing ‘The Italian Dream’ to an ex-girlfriend. The champion said, “He’s like that crazy ex-girlfriend that you dumped and won’t leave you alone. That’ll keep stalking you, scratching your car, coming to your workplace, harassing you.”

‘Izzy’ believes the first fight with Vettori should have gone down as a unanimous decision. He feels that because of this split decision, Marvin Vettori has hung to a false claim that he won the fight. Therefore, this time ‘The Last Stylebender’ will hope to leave no doubt behind by stopping ‘The Italian Dream’.

Since their first meeting, both guys have evolved as fighters. Hence, the rematch looks far more interesting. Who do you think will win?

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