After what was a mad scramble to Marvin Vettori’s first main event in December, the intense middleweight found himself in a back-and-forth affair with a Top 5 middleweight, often with the upper hand. Vettori rocked Jack Hermansson early and, in the end, “The Italian Dream” scored the biggest win of his career in a Fight of the Night effort.
Notorious for his intensity at all times but particularly during a fight, Vettori said his first experience fighting five full rounds in the Octagon unlocked a new level of calmness for him in the cage.
“It’s different,” Vettori said.