Midnight Mania! Marvin Vettori complains that Israel Adesanya ‘fights like a b—ch’ – SBNATION

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By Andrew Richardson@AndyLRichardson

Marvin Vettori just cannot let go of his beef with Israel Adesanya.

The Italian competitor earned a lot of goodwill throughout the chaos of his match up vs. Paulo Costa. Against an opponent who missed weight by a ridiculous amount and threatened to walk if substantially fined, Vettori gamely focused on the task at hand, absorbing some hellacious shots to defeat Costa in likely the biggest win of his career. Unfortunately, Vettori’s pair of losses to Adesanya must sting quite severely, as he refuses to really acknowledge either the losses or Adesanya’s talents.

“The way Adesanya fights, he fights like a b—ch, bro, I swear. He fought me like a b—ch, he fought Romero like a b—ch. When he knows, like he can’t really hurt a guy or nothing, he’ll fight like, he’ll fight and run,” Vettori said to ESNews (via Cole Shelton). “He’ll score, he’s like, ‘oh, you got to beat me to become the champion.’ His mentality is not like, ‘I’m the champion, I’m going to f—k you up.’ That’s my f—king rant. He’s thinking like, ‘Oh, I’m going to cruise, if you want to come and beat me, you’ll have to beat me’. That’s how he thinks. That to me, he can’t be pound-for-pound best.”

Sadly for “The Italian Dream,” Adesanya’s mentality and strategy certainly seem to be working. The 32-year-old kickboxer has already defended his Middleweight crown three times, and he’s claimed the No. 3 spot on the pound-for-pound list. Next up for Adesanya is a rematch vs. Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 on Feb. 12 from Houston, Texas.

Vettori, meanwhile, remains unbooked but is ultimately pursuing a third fight opposite “Stylebender.”

– MMAMANIA.COM