{"id":403904,"date":"2022-01-19T17:41:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T01:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=403904"},"modified":"2022-01-19T17:41:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T01:41:37","slug":"marvin-vettori-slams-israel-adesanya-says-he-fights-like-a-bh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/marvin-vettori-slams-israel-adesanya-says-he-fights-like-a-bh\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvin Vettori slams Israel Adesanya, says he fights like a &#8220;b***h&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marvin Vettori has been vocal about his dislike for Israel Adesanya and took a shot at the champ once again.<\/p>\n<p>Vettori and Adesanya first met in 2018, with &#8220;The Last Stylebener&#8221; winning by split decision, although many thought it was a clear win for Adesanya. The pair then had their rematch at UFC 263 where it was the Kiwi <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufc-263-results-israel-adesanya-defeats-marvin-vettori-highlights\/\">winning by decision to once again defend his middleweight title<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although it was a clear-cut victory for Adesanya, Vettori wasn&#8217;t happy with the way the champ fought him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The way Adesanya fights, he fights like a b***h, bro, I swear. He fought me like a b***h, he fought Romero like a b***h. When he knows, like he can&#8217;t really hurt a guy or nothing, he&#8217;ll fight like, he&#8217;ll fight and run,&#8221; Vettori said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p3fjtajNBvg&amp;ab_channel=ESNEWS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESNews<\/a>. &#8220;He&#8217;ll score, he&#8217;s like, &#8216;oh, you got to beat me to become the champion. His mentality is not like, &#8216;I&#8217;m the champion, I&#8217;m going to f**k you up. That&#8217;s my f***ing rant&#8217;. He&#8217;s thinking like, &#8216;Oh, I&#8217;m going to cruise, if you want to come and beat me, you&#8217;ll have to beat me&#8217;. That&#8217;s how he thinks. That to me, he can&#8217;t be pound-for-pound best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397802\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397802\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-397802 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Marvin-Vettori-Paulo-Costa-UFC-Vegas-41.jpg\" alt=\"Marvin Vettori, Paulo Costa, UFC Vegas 41\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Marvin-Vettori-Paulo-Costa-UFC-Vegas-41.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Marvin-Vettori-Paulo-Costa-UFC-Vegas-41-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marvin Vettori def. Paulo Costa at UFC Vegas 41<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Marvin Vettori is coming off a decision victory over Paulo Costa in October which was a fight that took place at light heavyweight. That impressive performance got him back into the win column after the loss to Adesanya back in June. He&#8217;s currently 18-5-1 as a pro and ranked second at middleweight.<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya, meanwhile, is set to defend his middleweight title against Robert Whittaker in the main event of UFC 271. The bout will serve as a rematch, as \u2018Stylebender\u2019 previously dethroned \u2018The Reaper\u2019 back in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Marvin Vettori criticizing Israel Adesanya&#8217;s fighting style?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marvin Vettori has been vocal about his dislike for Israel Adesanya and took a shot at the champ once again. Vettori and Adesanya first met in 2018, with &#8220;The Last Stylebener&#8221; winning by split decision, although many thought it was a clear win for Adesanya. The pair then had their rematch at UFC 263 where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":387748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39449,39428,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Marvin Vettori slams Israel Adesanya, says he fights like a &quot;b***h&quot; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Marvin Vettori has been vocal about his dislike for Israel Adesanya and took a shot at the champ once again.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/marvin-vettori-slams-israel-adesanya-says-he-fights-like-a-bh\/\" \/>\n<meta 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