Having a very tense encounter in 2018 with a narrow point, Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori did not lack online battle.
The controversy broke out with the frequency increasingly thicker when both preparing to enter the rematch at UFC 263: Marvin Vettori always claimed that he should have won the previous match, while Israel Adesanya asserted that Vettori's spirit was “too weak” when he was just good at speaking.
So what happens when the two of them really meet at the hotel for boxers preparing to join UFC 263? Will the fierce battlefields, they happened like a hit between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov a few years ago?
Recounting to Themaclife, Israel Adesanya said: “When I got to the elevator, I had a hunch about something about to happen. So I asked my brothers to go down.”
“I went down the stairs. The security department was quite intense. I looked to the right, Leon Edwards stood there, and I saw Marvin on the other side. I waved to him and Marvin looked like petrified. Marvin looked back at me, but that's all. I also have to assure Steve (UFC security team) that I will do nothing Marvin and he will not do anything nonsense.”
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“After that, I received my covid test. Marvin happened to be there. I walked close to him and shook his hand as I did with Costa.”
“Do you think this is a game? It is not a game. This is a tactic, tactics to enter the war,” Adesanya continued. “Marvin just laughs. He doesn't have a teammate next to him, and so Marvin slipped down. But I was different. Even though I only stood facing the whole team there, I would stand up straight.”