Marvin Vettori isn’t making any excuses for his loss to Roman Dolidze within the UFC Vegas 104 essential 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 gained their first encounter again in 2023. This time round it was Dolidze who bought the higher of the putting exchanges earlier than ultimately earning a unanimous decision with all three judges scoring the struggle 49-46 in his favor.
Later, Vettori took to Instagram Stories to specific his ideas on the struggle.
“Nothing too dangerous, just a few cuts and bruises,” Vettori stated. “F*ck man, life generally reveals you that even in case you give your coronary heart out and the whole lot you bought, you continue to fall quick. That was an in depth struggle. I virtually had him within the third [round] however I suppose it wasn’t sufficient.”
Whereas there have been no knockdowns in the course of the struggle, Vettori positively landed the most important 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 scenario, 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 struggle, which helped him safe the victory.
It actually wasn’t the result Vettori needed, particularly after relocating to Florida to coach completely with the coaches and fighters at American High Crew. He praised the workforce in his post-fight assertion, however Vettori is struggling to grasp 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 stated. “Thanks to [American Top Team]. One of the 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 lots of tread left on the tires, however now has to determine learn how to bounce again from the hardest run of his profession.
