Marvin Vettori isn’t making any excuses for his loss to Roman Dolidze within the UFC Vegas 104 principal 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 obtained the higher of the placing exchanges earlier than in the end incomes a unanimous determination with all three judges scoring the struggle 49-46 in his favor.
Later, Vettori took to Instagram Tales to specific his ideas on the struggle.
“Nothing too unhealthy, just a few cuts and bruises,” Vettori mentioned. “F*ck man, life generally exhibits you that even in the event you give your coronary heart out and every little thing you bought, you continue to fall brief. That was an in depth struggle. I nearly had him within the third [round] however I assume 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 benefit from the scenario, however Dolidze recovered by going for a takedown and scrambling sufficient to keep away from additional injury. From there, Dolidze upped his output and landed extra strikes for the rest of the struggle, which helped him safe the victory.
It definitely wasn’t the result Vettori wished, particularly after relocating to Florida to coach completely with the coaches and fighters at American High Group. He praised the staff 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 most effective on this planet … thanks UFC. What the f*ck can I say? I don’t know. That’s it.”
At 31, Vettori nonetheless has numerous tread left on the tires, however now has to determine easy methods to bounce again from the hardest run of his profession.
