Adesanya and Vettori met in April 2018. Although the victory is in favor of the original Nigeria Adesanya, this is a result of a lot of paper to argue, Vettori has always asserted that it was the winner of that match, so far Vettori is very eager for the rematch against Adesanya.
Although Adesanya and Vettori are rivals, this match is not the match that the Israeli champion Adesanya wants. Instead, Adesanya wanted to play with the new candidate but after seeing Kamaru Usman Ha Ko Jorge Masvidal in the rematch, Adesanya was inspired by Kamaru to defeat the Italian puncher Vettori again.
“Rob (Robert Whittaker) does not want to play this month, they all want to play in September, October and I think anyone who wants to play in June? Vettori stepped up, praising him for doing it,” Adesanya said.
“At first I was not interested in Vettori, but after witnessing Kamaru Usman Ha Ko Jorge Masvidal impressive in the rematch, I was inspired by it. I want to let this Italian puncher lie on the floor again.”
Now, when preparing to confront in the main event of UFC 263, the clashes between the two punches became quite tense, the two boxers had met at the hotel while preparing to check the Covid test samples. However, the two boxers did not happen like a hit between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov a few years ago.
“I went down the stairs and felt like something was about to happen, so I told my brothers to go along. The security department was quite tense, I looked to the right and saw Leon Edwards and saw Vettori on that side. I waved to Vettori and Vettori stood still like a statue.”
“Vettori continued to look at me, then I told Steve that I wouldn't be aggressive here, Vettori would not do anything nonsense. After that I took my Covid test samples and accidentally I met Vettori in the sampling area. I walked approaching Vettori and shook hands with him as if I did it with Costa.” Adesanya answered Themaclife.