“I’m coming, I’m taking the pen. You’re not there to defend it,” Marvin Vettori issues a challenge for Israel Adesanya


“I’m coming, I’m taking the pen. You’re not there to defend it,” Marvin Vettori issues a challenge for Israel Adesanya

Israel Adesanya vs Marvin Vettori

The UFC scrap between Marvin Vettori and Darren Till was scheduled at UFC on ABC 2 but due to a broken collar bone, he was forced to pull out from the fight and Kevin Holland stepped in to replace him.

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The middleweight division is stacked up right now as most of the top contenders believe they are next in line for the title, Marvin Vettori thinks he is undeniably next for the title shot, and with Adesanya’s move up to the light-heavyweight division, he is chasing the title even more furiously.

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Jan Blachowicz and Israel Adesanya

“Like you’ve got that pen on that table. If you’re not there and you’re supposed to be there to defend that pen, and I’m coming, I’m taking the pen. You’re not there to defend it.”

“I guess now this became almost normal,” Vettori said. “Like, this is more normal than actually having a fight with the same opponent – showing up and finding the same opponent that you were supposed to fight.”

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“But yeah man, a little adjustment has been done and I’m ready to go, and at the end of the day, I don’t care who’s going to be in front of me, you know? I’m ready, and this time I knew I was going to fight five rounds, so iI prepared for five rounds, and the rest will be history.”

“I think it’s more about the performance that I’m going to put on than the opponent,” Marvin Vettori on fighting a different opponent

Marvin Vettori
Marvin Vettori

When asked about whether he was comfortable with such quick change of opponent he said, “People don’t realize, but there’s a lot of work going behind the
fight, and like, it’s not just my work – it’s all my teamwork, like Kings MMA work. I need to give back to these people, too.”

“At the end of the day, I think it’s more about the performance that I’m going to put on than than the opponent,” Vettori said. “Like Derek Brunson got pushed up so high in the rankings by beating this guy in like not even in a great way, so I go out and I do me, and you know I’m going to be right there next in line, I think.”

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“I think Adesanya is very overrated, it’s my job to derail his hype train,” says Marvin Vettori