There is no love lost between former opponents Marvin Vettori and Israel Adesanya.
Vettori, who competes in the co-main event this weekend at UFC Paris, unleashed on the current middleweight champion in a pre-fight press scrum. Adesanya had earlier claimed he wasn’t excited for Vettori’s bout, and that his defeat to Robert Whittaker was a foregone conclusion.
Vettori fired back, making it clear his desire to see Adesanya unconscious after his November clash against Alex Pereira at UFC 281.
“Adesanya, it’s over. Nothing excites me about that guy,” Vettori told media members at the press conference. “Of course, I’ll get my win against him before I’m done with all this, but the things that he can do best – now he’s painting his nails. I definitely like more Pereira and the way he carries himself and the way he goes about fighting and all that – not much bullsh*t, just straight, bad motherf*cker type of thing, and that’s it.”
“I really hope [Adesanya] goes out in another oxygen mask, and I think it can happen, because that’s going to be a kickboxing fight,”
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The soapbox
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RDA claims Jorge title:
Jorge feels disrespected:
Nathaniel Wood’s on point ahead of UFC Paris:
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The morning view
Chris Daukaus chops it up with JHK:
MMA On Point rehashes the times when fighters just fell short of making history:
Relive the excitement of Tai Tuivasa’s last outing ahead of UFC Paris:
Done deals
Friday
- Jennifer Maia to fight Maryna Moroz at UFC event on November 19th (per Raphael Marinho)
- Jailton Almeida will now fight Anton Turkalj at #UFC279 on September 10th ( per Zeca Azevedo)
- Bruno Silva will fight Albert Duraev at UFC Vegas 66 on December 17th (per MMA Fighting)
Thursday
- Billy Quarantillo to fight Alexander Hernandez at UFC 282 on December 10th (per Iridium Sports)
Wednesday
- Darren Elkins to fight Jonathan Pearce at UFC Orlando on December 3rd (per Iridium Sports)
- Alex Perez to fight Amir Albazi at UFC Vegas 66 on December 17th (per MMA Fighting)
Tuesday
- Jessica Penne to fight Tabatha Ricci at UFC event on October 1st (per Dama De Ferro MMA)
Monday:
- Melsik Baghdasaryan to fight Joanderson Brito at UFC event on October 15th (per Maranhao MMA)
- Maxim Grishin to fight Philipe Lins at UFC event on October 1st (per Raphael Marinho)
- Alexey Oleynik to fight Ilir Latifi at UFC event on October 1st ( per MMA Fight Universe)
- Muslim Salikhov to fight Andre Fialho at UFC event on November 19th (per Full Violence)
- Angela Hill to fight Emily Ducote at UFC event on December 3rd (per Nolan King)
On this day in MMA…
On the 2nd of September, 2017, Darren Till extended his unbeaten streak to 16-0 at UFC 115.
Till faced Bojan Velickovic in just his fourth UFC appearance, dropping him early in the first and ultimately winning every round on the judges scorecards resulting in a unanimous decision for the UK fighter.
Till would remain undefeated in his following two fights, with his first loss coming in 2018 against Welterweight champion at the time, Tyron Woodley.
His current record sits at 18-4-1.
