Marvin Vettori isn’t making any excuses for his loss to Roman Dolidze within the UFC Vegas 104 foremost occasion.
Following a 21-month layoff, the one-time UFC title challenger returned to motion and battled it out with Dolidze over 5 rounds in a rematch after Vettori received their first encounter again in 2023. This time round it was Dolidze who obtained the higher of the putting exchanges earlier than in the end incomes a unanimous determination with all three judges scoring the combat 49-46 in his favor.
Later, Vettori took to Instagram Tales to specific his ideas on the combat.
“Nothing too dangerous, just a few cuts and bruises,” Vettori mentioned. “F*ck man, life generally exhibits you that even in case you give your coronary heart out and all the pieces you bought, you continue to fall quick. That was an in depth combat. I virtually had him within the third [round] however I suppose it wasn’t sufficient.”
Whereas there have been no knockdowns throughout the combat, Vettori undoubtedly landed the largest shot when he cracked Dolidze with a straight punch within the third spherical that wobbled the Georgian middleweight. Vettori surged ahead to reap the benefits of the state of affairs, however Dolidze recovered by going for a takedown and scrambling sufficient to keep away from additional harm. From there, Dolidze upped his output and landed extra strikes for the rest of the combat, which helped him safe the victory.
It actually wasn’t the end result Vettori wished, particularly after relocating to Florida to coach completely with the coaches and fighters at American Prime Crew. He praised the group in his post-fight assertion, however Vettori is struggling to understand this newest setback, which dropped him to 1-3 in his previous 4 fights.
“F*ck. I don’t even know what to say,” Vettori mentioned. “Thanks to [American Top Team]. The very best on this planet … thanks UFC. What the f*ck can I say? I don’t know. That’s it.”
At 31, Vettori nonetheless has quite a lot of tread left on the tires, however now has to determine easy methods to bounce again from the hardest run of his profession.
