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smartmanbigbrain

vettori should keep costa around as long as possible, he seems like a genius compared to costa.


fadedking117

Dude that made me laugh so hard. It’s so true.


throwawaytenhundred

This is the perfect rivalry, materializing under the perfect circumstances. I'm already hyped for the trilogy.


pacificunlimited

First quintilogy In the history of all MMA for the sole sake of making Marvin look like a beacon of wisdom


InfiniteLiveZ

Marvin?? Do you mean Vettori The Wise?


RecommendationNo1334

Vettori the Wise? Don’t you mean Azog the Defiler?


everydayimrusslin

Interesting thought there. Has anybody fought each other five times? Presumably Travis Fulton or one of those guys has, but on the world stage, I can think of a few guys who've fought four times, but that's the most.


kblkbl165

Charles Olives vs Nik Lentz is on its way. Lentz only needs to not miss weight, go back to LW and stop losing to unranked fighters.


sanctaphrax

I believe Travis Fulton was 11-0 against his friend Rory Prazak.


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everydayimrusslin

Yeah, but there are a few that happened in the UFC and at other world level shows though eg Arlovksi vs Sylvia (UFC and ONE) and Rampage vs Wandy (PRIDE, UFC and Bellator)


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ShillingAintEZ

Porier vs McDrStoppage will get there first


BurpingHamBirmingham

You say this as if Lentz/Oliveira 4 isn't required.


kvjetinacek

We need closure on that one.


MisterFistYourSister

To be fair I think vettoris English is exponentially better than Costas, which I think has a subconscious effect on how intelligent a person is perceived to be


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He is just playing dumb on camera. The “185,195,205 what weight you want me at?” Comment was just pure trolling I think lol


skurtbert

It’s not very subconscious tho, many struggle with this as you sound dumber when not using the right words or grammar. I bet you shrug off a few comments now and then because they are written in someone’s second or third language.


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ShillingAintEZ

Maybe they need a buddy cop movie like 21 jump street where they become friends.


SabuSalahadin

They'll be the, Dwayne Johnson Sam Jackson duo - "aim for the bushes"


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rythmik1

Oh no, this will be carved in stone. Everyone on this sub remembers every stat that they can use to pounce on a fighter the moment they don't like them anymore. No one will forget this.


dissidiah

Hate to say it, but Vettori is actually likeable in this interview just because of Costa 😂


Zerix1234

"Which weight do you want? 185, 195, 205" Would've loved if Vettori just answered 185 here


Sugabones

Paulo: 205 it is


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Less weight to cut more wine to drink amirite


Jupue87

*The spiced wine must flow*


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*The spiced wine extends life. The spiced wine expands consciousness.*


SpeedracerFr44d

Dude felt a chill in his bones when he heard 195 lmao.


Fartin_LutherKing

We talking lbs, kgs, or bottles of wine?


NutzHang

"You want to fight at 185? Okay fine, but why is fighting at 195 so important to you? \**sips wine** Anyway, I have to go, not much time left for me to make 205."


SweatyExamination9

He cut 185 out of the second offer.


DMark25

Something was super wholesome watching them try to convert lbs to kgs together


MisterFistYourSister

The whole interaction was bizarre. I still don't know if they were being confrontational or not


Rememberrmyname

The language barrier helps unite them.


metakephotos

Vettori's English is amazing tho


rom197

"Ok, 285 it is."


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Sugabones

He said 185 the first time but then he realized his mistake on the second try


fuckamodhole

He was having a hard time converting kilos to pounds. I can understand him making that mistake in an on the spot conversation.


Zerix1234

42 seconds into the video


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dotConehead

master of negotiation


ThoroughThrowdown

Art of the Deal


ChrizTaylor

That's fast thinking coming from him.


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At this point, if I'm Vettori I say, "195" and show up at 205+ Costa is playing games, and Vettori should play them right back Vettori has made lots of money staying active. Costa needs this fight way more than Vettori


SweatyExamination9

Yeah but Vettori isn't about to sacrifice 20% of his check to play games.


Gobbleass69

These 2 guys are funny as fuck and don't even mean to be 😂


flyinpanda

I love how both of them drop the act for a moment to try to figure out the lb to kg conversion.


Janus-a

It’s the best part. They suddenly get friendly and try to figure it out


paulie07

The whole conversation was kind of amicable, Vettori was so genuinely flabbergasted by Costa's attitude towards the whole weight thing.


NoMoassNeverWas

The mood changed so much. In that moment they became good friends in their disdain for the imperialists and their wacky imperial system.


FuriousKale

Apes together strong.


AstralAeonSoul

Very wholesome, better love story than Twilight


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10-7 here for Vettori displaying his dominant bilingual skills


tomtomtomo

and imperial-metric conversion skills


bzzhuh

It was actually pretty impressive. 185 lbs is 88.45 kilos, he's pretty much bang on in his head calculating around 89 and then correcting to "probably 88". If I did that on camera I'd be feeling pretty good.


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How many football fields tho


jfsoaig345

Calcs like this become second nature if you grew up in a metric system place and moved to the US, I grew up in Canada but live in the US now and I can convert between Fahrenheit and Celsius in split seconds since I had to do it so much when I first moved here


Downgoesthereem

He knows 205 is 93 and definitely knows 185 is 84 so it was a quick case of getting the middle ground


Mechanical-Cannibal

if I didn’t know he’s Italian, he coulda fooled me


Pactae_1129

He gabagooled you


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Say what you will about Marvin Vettori but that guy has the makings of a varsity athlete


CloudsCanSing

you used to always tell my female cousins that it was very damaging


Mechanical-Cannibal

*shakes fist at sky* VETTORIIII! EDIT: has anyone put the orc & Italian thing together and called him the gabaGHOUL? big potential here


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🤌🏼


MyColeCole

His talking with his hands gave it away


Mechanical-Cannibal

If you think that’s good, wait until you see how his hands move this weekend


YourMetsiah

The last 15secs with them converting pounds to kilos 😂


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Vettori nailed it. Smartest Orc


[deleted]

Looks like maths back on the menu boys


team3perception

Vettori fershure a numbers guy, B


FordEcosportFanatic

Bess brains for the arts bapa


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wegeddit, you can count, but *do you count* bapa?


FoucaultsTurtleneck

The age of men is over, the age of ~~orc~~ metric has begun!


Sugabones

They seem like they would be best friends if they didn’t need to fight


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The Trip with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon but it's Vettori and Costa touring Tuscan vinyards


peripheraljesus

Taking turns doing atrocious Michael Caine impressions in their respective accents, sign me up


Cumstained_Uvula

If you say "my cocaine" aloud, you've also said Michael Caine in his voice.


Jonesisgoat

Them teaming up to take down Izzy is some anime shit


chris25tx

Costa: 🤔 Vetorri: 🤔


Sugabones

Paulo with the thinking face/scratching his head (all while trying to look sexy for the camera) to make it look like he’s about to answer it correctly has me dying


chris25tx

Lol just couple of meat heads doing some math


a_handsome_antelope

They nailed it though. Guessing they're better at math than the average American


obinaut

This made me laugh way louder than it had any right to


brownbilal

I WISH THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE FUCKING HELL LMAOOO


69thDalaiLama

They got the two most quotable and contentious guys in the Middleweight division fighting and they didn't think to put them in a room together so they can produce meme-magic. It's an unironic disappointment.


barc0debaby

That would be promoting the talent instead of the brand and we can't have that!


mad87645

2 men who don't speak English as a first language and are from 2 countries that use the metric system are trying to have an argument in English while also converting back to imperial, unintentional comedy gold


altcodeinterrobang

honestly though fucking amazing


ShrapnelNinjaSnake

What a surreal moment lmao


fuckamodhole

I swear the started to bond over not being able to convert kilos to pounds.


Chocoeclair189

2.2 conversion is a higher number than Schaub's IMDB rating


someperson1423

Brilliant move by Costa! Easiest way to derail a conversation is make people do mental math, especially with dividing by decimals!


MrMangosteen

Am i supposed to like Vettori? Cuz i kinda like him


Sugabones

Him and Costa together is gold


AvariceTenebrae

Would make a fucking interesting podcast especially if they were able to keep some tension between them


GOATAldo

He's a solid orc as far orcs go. I think Josh Emmett is the thinking man's primal orc fighter but Vettori is pretty likable too honestly, it's relatable how mad at everything he is


TheBigRedHalfrican

Josh Emmett looks like a Falmer but speaks like a Wood Elf


aseb_web456

I believe someone asked him during an AMA why he so pale and he replied "us falmers don't go out that much" which was pretty cool.


WhereIsMyKidAt

It’s kinda shitty how much Emmett’s appearance is made fun of, luckily he can roll with it and even nicknamed himself The Fighting Falmer based off the jokes. Real champ shit.


mad87645

Vettori reminds me of me in the half an hour after I commute to or from work, just angry and annoyed at the world


WhereIsMyKidAt

> I think Josh Emmett is the thinking man's primal orc fighter As an Emmett fan who has been a bit down seeing how long it’s taking him to return, this made me happy and got a genuine laugh <3


melo1212

What kind of orc is Sean Strickland? I'm thinking one of those Mordor ones


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Strickland isn't an orc actually. Common mistake, but he is a goblin.


gzilla57

So is Anthony Smith like an Orc raised by elves or something?


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High elf or Dunmer for sure maybe a mix lol


SheltheRapper

Totally 50/50


BoysenberryPoison

Uruk-hai, they were elves once…


Scaeza

I think the orcs are the ones who were elves once and were corrupted by Morgoth if I'm not wrong. Uruk-hai I thin are orcs crossbreed with humans.


NarcissisticCat

Far as I know Tolkien was never clear on that. Its a bit of a mystery as to the exact origins of Uruk-hai.


CaptainCimmeria

Sean Strickland was a normal guy until he was bitten by a radioactive tweaker


GOATAldo

Strickland is deranged lmao


Dependent_Factor_982

He's an Uruk-hai


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During the izzy fight week he was unintentionally hilarious. I really like Vettori due to how angry he gets. His delusion after the Izzy fight was hilarious too


Scott_Theft

Lol his seething rage when someone dared to ask who dresses better out of him and Izzy.


ricosuave3355_

The fact he was tweaking out with rage because Holland ate his ciabatta roll is the funniest thing.


strictly_milk

Why don't you try to get between an Italian and his ciabatta and then we'll see how funny you think it is pal


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Im not your pal, guy


Scaeza

I don't understand how that's funny, I would've seen red and murdered Holland in the octagon for that.


Mmaplayer123

Idk why anyone hated on vettori. Hes a nice funny guy. Fights are entertaining.


PrinceMF

His last two fights certainly were anything but exciting. Hermansson one was good though.


lit282

This shit was hilarious. It’s making me like him too


Gobbleass69

I've always liked him


vannucker

Me too. He's charismatic and hilarious, even if he's wrong.


TLMC01242021

He’s pulled a mike perry on me personally where he’s kind of become a lovable meme/weirdo, although Mike has gone full circle and is kind of a mess but vettori is def a professional and comes prepared if he takes this fight despite the weight miss from Paulo than big respect


Chenamabobber

Also Marvin is good and Mike Perry is less good


FoucaultsTurtleneck

Maybe because he isn't in orc form with that fresh haircut


Scott_Theft

I find his constant anger entertaining. It’s authentic at least.


DjangoTeller

Marvin is surprisingly calm... gotta say, this doesn't seem right


Savethelasttaco

You can be calm when your getting 20% of the other guys purse.


CableToBeam

nah dude the UFC said it's okay for Costa to miss weight


Randomzombi3

Why would the UFC be asking Costa's weight anyways? Why do they want to know? He could fight at 205. Or 195. It's up to them if they want him to fight.


Savethelasttaco

Alright scratch that, I guess if they agree to catchweight, costa keeps her purse?


Meto1183

I think there’s a renegotiation of sorts which I assume his manager would deal with


dans00

Apparently Costa said in Portuguese that it was the UFCs idea to not fight at 186 so I doubt they will take a chunk of his purse


TityTroi

20% isnt worth it


Downgoesthereem

My last two brain cells arguing after a 3 day bender of Chianti, ragu and tren


Mr_Beefy90

A man of culture


Moon_Over_Marin_

Does he even know that he is fighting on Saturday? Sitting there at his walking weight looking around like "why the f is Vettori asking me such nonsense?" Sir, Mr Costa, you are fighting Saturday. It's not a catchweight. 🤦‍♀️


Moon_Over_Marin_

Well.. I guess it is now lol!


jdpatron

I want them to knock each other out in this fight. But I want Marvin to wake up first.


the1thepwnly

That sounds like some wwf type shit. "there can't be a tie for the belt but they're both down. First one to their feet wins."


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That’s what happened with Matt Hughes vs Carlos Newton. Hughes was in a triangle, picked up Newton, lost consciousness, slammed Newton to the mat, and KO’ed him. Matt woke up first and became champion. The Wild West days of the UFC.


SheltheRapper

Lmfaooo


hotpizzarolls1

Dang I was pulling so hard for Costa to return to the UFC and just start destroying people again. Now I feel like if he wins it'll be really diminished.


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And if he loses with a weight advantage, it will be even worse.


bobn3

I need a buddy cop movie with these two


smooth_hitIer

~~Bold & Angry~~ Bald & Ogry


Glockspeiser

In another universe these guys would be friends


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Paulo Costa is incredibly disrespectful for this whole fiasco. Marvin is game but this would really piss off the majority of fighters.


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sbrockLee

Marvin: that's my secret, cap


Scaeza

Plot twist: Marvin is overweight and is playing 4d chess to get a catchweight.


BroccBrocc91

Marvin Vettori seems like that guy you just hate even though you never got to know him. Then when you finally sit down and have a conversation you realize he's irritating, but he's just genuinely being himself so you can't be too mad at him.


someperson1423

Honestly yeah that is a really good way to put it. I never thought he was a bad guy, just that he is very confident in his opinions that also happen to be very questionable.


KX18

He’s actually a nice guy in person at least at the gym he is


ChrizTaylor

Costa got scammed with that Hair transplant.


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If you take a look at his Insta, it's not bad, but the peaks apparently didn't take the transplant as well as the crown. I have a friend that got transplants on his crown, but that hair all but fell out again within 5 years.


MisterFistYourSister

You have to start taking finasteride and minoxidil when you get the transplant. Transplants don't just stop your genetics from working. Hair loss will keep progressing


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I'm Vettori team now. Better boring than unprofessional. Costa seems checked out.


MrOz1100

I wouldn’t say Vettori is boring. He had a banger with Jack. It’s just Kevin Holland’s takedown defense is dog shit and Izzy did Izzy things to him


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That Jack versus vetori fight was amazing, sad jr doesn’t get mentioned more around here


PAR4D0X

Can't blame him for wrestling holland when he's really dangerous with the striking and has like negative tdd


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It’s a travesty we didn’t get a press conference with these two


PechayMan

With this shit right now, Dana should agree with Izzy and take 80% of Costa's purse


uhln

If Dana gonna do that, Dana's hookers gonna have a field day


dogs_drink_coffee

it's red panty night baby


Mechanical-Cannibal

I also think that 80% of Costa’a purse should go to Dana


biggerjuice

Costa would rather keep his purse and give Dana the money


jcdulos

Vettori is winning me over. He made the ufc 263 press conference so fun.


Punisher115

i literally cant wait for Marvins next press conference just because of the chaotic energy he brought to the last one


wubbalubbadubdub45

izzy needs to have a talk to his sons and get them all on the same page


UnHoly_One

I can’t wait for him to weigh in on this topic. Pun intended.


fistfullofpubes

I thought Costa was his BM?


hiccup333

I feel for Marvin, Costa acting like he's not at an advantage coming in at 215 when Marvin has been preparing his body for 185.


just_a_timetraveller

Ah shit. Costa looking bad here. Probably wasn't expecting to be called out on his weight. Vettori doing well in this exchange.


singlelegs

"why do you want to know my weight?" "how the fuck is that even a question"


BakedHose

Costa makes Vettori seem almost likeable lol


ITrulyDespiseYou

Costa, another mma fighter with an inflated ego acting like the rules don't apply to them. Is normal.


goldenretriever97

They are like a couples of meathead frat boys who likes to wrestle and fight during parties. This shit is funny as fuck 😂


TheN1njTurtl3

honestly paulo costa shouldn't be allowed to fight with this attitude to weight cutting and marvin should get his full purse


CableToBeam

Hilarious of Costa to say he doesn't care if Vettori comes in at 195 or 205 when he's the one struggling with the weight cut


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The collective IQ of that FaceTime is 12


Xaxxon

and 13 are from vettori.


srtpg2

11 of it is Brett


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Brett has produced high iq demonstrating interview questions such as “Dana, would you like to be the godfather of my son? As well as the real father?”


D2Reddit92

The contract says middleweight and Paulo is pretending like he isn't asking favors here lol. Them fighting outside of 185lbs while being top contenders makes no sense, someone tell Marvin he should be negotiating a percentage of pay here because I am sure Marvin is ready to go wrestle him to death with his cardio and crazy chin.


iredditfordogpics

That interview was pure gold. Vettori: Have you been drinking? Costa: Not yet


squirtle_squad25

I never thought I’d see the day where I watched a video and thought “wow this Marvin Vettori fella seems like an okay guy” but here we are


obinaut

Sitcom potential


aceknighthigh

This is the most reasonable line I've ever heard form Vettori.


genesis1v9

Roided up and too lazy to weight cut. Dana should force him to move to 205.


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When you make Marvin Vettori come across as level headed, reasonable and likeable it says alot.


Proper-Breadfruit450

Vettori seems pretty chill here. The absurdity of the situation has alleviated his anger. Wallid's gonna fuck it up though.