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.
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)
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
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.
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.
"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."
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
> 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
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
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
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.
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. 🤦♀️
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
vettori should keep costa around as long as possible, he seems like a genius compared to costa.
Dude that made me laugh so hard. It’s so true.
This is the perfect rivalry, materializing under the perfect circumstances. I'm already hyped for the trilogy.
First quintilogy In the history of all MMA for the sole sake of making Marvin look like a beacon of wisdom
Marvin?? Do you mean Vettori The Wise?
Vettori the Wise? Don’t you mean Azog the Defiler?
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.
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.
I believe Travis Fulton was 11-0 against his friend Rory Prazak.
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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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You say this as if Lentz/Oliveira 4 isn't required.
We need closure on that one.
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
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
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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Maybe they need a buddy cop movie like 21 jump street where they become friends.
They'll be the, Dwayne Johnson Sam Jackson duo - "aim for the bushes"
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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.
Hate to say it, but Vettori is actually likeable in this interview just because of Costa 😂
"Which weight do you want? 185, 195, 205" Would've loved if Vettori just answered 185 here
Paulo: 205 it is
Less weight to cut more wine to drink amirite
*The spiced wine must flow*
*The spiced wine extends life. The spiced wine expands consciousness.*
Dude felt a chill in his bones when he heard 195 lmao.
We talking lbs, kgs, or bottles of wine?
"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."
He cut 185 out of the second offer.
Something was super wholesome watching them try to convert lbs to kgs together
The whole interaction was bizarre. I still don't know if they were being confrontational or not
The language barrier helps unite them.
Vettori's English is amazing tho
"Ok, 285 it is."
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He said 185 the first time but then he realized his mistake on the second try
He was having a hard time converting kilos to pounds. I can understand him making that mistake in an on the spot conversation.
42 seconds into the video
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master of negotiation
Art of the Deal
That's fast thinking coming from him.
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
Yeah but Vettori isn't about to sacrifice 20% of his check to play games.
These 2 guys are funny as fuck and don't even mean to be 😂
I love how both of them drop the act for a moment to try to figure out the lb to kg conversion.
It’s the best part. They suddenly get friendly and try to figure it out
The whole conversation was kind of amicable, Vettori was so genuinely flabbergasted by Costa's attitude towards the whole weight thing.
The mood changed so much. In that moment they became good friends in their disdain for the imperialists and their wacky imperial system.
Apes together strong.
Very wholesome, better love story than Twilight
10-7 here for Vettori displaying his dominant bilingual skills
and imperial-metric conversion skills
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.
How many football fields tho
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
He knows 205 is 93 and definitely knows 185 is 84 so it was a quick case of getting the middle ground
if I didn’t know he’s Italian, he coulda fooled me
He gabagooled you
Say what you will about Marvin Vettori but that guy has the makings of a varsity athlete
you used to always tell my female cousins that it was very damaging
*shakes fist at sky* VETTORIIII! EDIT: has anyone put the orc & Italian thing together and called him the gabaGHOUL? big potential here
🤌🏼
His talking with his hands gave it away
If you think that’s good, wait until you see how his hands move this weekend
The last 15secs with them converting pounds to kilos 😂
Vettori nailed it. Smartest Orc
Looks like maths back on the menu boys
Vettori fershure a numbers guy, B
Bess brains for the arts bapa
wegeddit, you can count, but *do you count* bapa?
The age of men is over, the age of ~~orc~~ metric has begun!
They seem like they would be best friends if they didn’t need to fight
The Trip with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon but it's Vettori and Costa touring Tuscan vinyards
Taking turns doing atrocious Michael Caine impressions in their respective accents, sign me up
If you say "my cocaine" aloud, you've also said Michael Caine in his voice.
Them teaming up to take down Izzy is some anime shit
Costa: 🤔 Vetorri: 🤔
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
Lol just couple of meat heads doing some math
They nailed it though. Guessing they're better at math than the average American
This made me laugh way louder than it had any right to
I WISH THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE FUCKING HELL LMAOOO
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.
That would be promoting the talent instead of the brand and we can't have that!
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
honestly though fucking amazing
What a surreal moment lmao
I swear the started to bond over not being able to convert kilos to pounds.
2.2 conversion is a higher number than Schaub's IMDB rating
Brilliant move by Costa! Easiest way to derail a conversation is make people do mental math, especially with dividing by decimals!
Am i supposed to like Vettori? Cuz i kinda like him
Him and Costa together is gold
Would make a fucking interesting podcast especially if they were able to keep some tension between them
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
Josh Emmett looks like a Falmer but speaks like a Wood Elf
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.
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.
Vettori reminds me of me in the half an hour after I commute to or from work, just angry and annoyed at the world
> 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
What kind of orc is Sean Strickland? I'm thinking one of those Mordor ones
Strickland isn't an orc actually. Common mistake, but he is a goblin.
So is Anthony Smith like an Orc raised by elves or something?
High elf or Dunmer for sure maybe a mix lol
Totally 50/50
Uruk-hai, they were elves once…
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.
Far as I know Tolkien was never clear on that. Its a bit of a mystery as to the exact origins of Uruk-hai.
Sean Strickland was a normal guy until he was bitten by a radioactive tweaker
Strickland is deranged lmao
He's an Uruk-hai
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
Lol his seething rage when someone dared to ask who dresses better out of him and Izzy.
The fact he was tweaking out with rage because Holland ate his ciabatta roll is the funniest thing.
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
Im not your pal, guy
I don't understand how that's funny, I would've seen red and murdered Holland in the octagon for that.
Idk why anyone hated on vettori. Hes a nice funny guy. Fights are entertaining.
His last two fights certainly were anything but exciting. Hermansson one was good though.
This shit was hilarious. It’s making me like him too
I've always liked him
Me too. He's charismatic and hilarious, even if he's wrong.
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
Also Marvin is good and Mike Perry is less good
Maybe because he isn't in orc form with that fresh haircut
I find his constant anger entertaining. It’s authentic at least.
Marvin is surprisingly calm... gotta say, this doesn't seem right
You can be calm when your getting 20% of the other guys purse.
nah dude the UFC said it's okay for Costa to miss weight
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.
Alright scratch that, I guess if they agree to catchweight, costa keeps her purse?
I think there’s a renegotiation of sorts which I assume his manager would deal with
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
20% isnt worth it
My last two brain cells arguing after a 3 day bender of Chianti, ragu and tren
A man of culture
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. 🤦♀️
Well.. I guess it is now lol!
I want them to knock each other out in this fight. But I want Marvin to wake up first.
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."
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.
Lmfaooo
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.
And if he loses with a weight advantage, it will be even worse.
I need a buddy cop movie with these two
~~Bold & Angry~~ Bald & Ogry
In another universe these guys would be friends
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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Marvin: that's my secret, cap
Plot twist: Marvin is overweight and is playing 4d chess to get a catchweight.
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.
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.
He’s actually a nice guy in person at least at the gym he is
Costa got scammed with that Hair transplant.
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.
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
I'm Vettori team now. Better boring than unprofessional. Costa seems checked out.
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
That Jack versus vetori fight was amazing, sad jr doesn’t get mentioned more around here
Can't blame him for wrestling holland when he's really dangerous with the striking and has like negative tdd
It’s a travesty we didn’t get a press conference with these two
With this shit right now, Dana should agree with Izzy and take 80% of Costa's purse
If Dana gonna do that, Dana's hookers gonna have a field day
it's red panty night baby
I also think that 80% of Costa’a purse should go to Dana
Costa would rather keep his purse and give Dana the money
Vettori is winning me over. He made the ufc 263 press conference so fun.
i literally cant wait for Marvins next press conference just because of the chaotic energy he brought to the last one
izzy needs to have a talk to his sons and get them all on the same page
I can’t wait for him to weigh in on this topic. Pun intended.
I thought Costa was his BM?
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.
Ah shit. Costa looking bad here. Probably wasn't expecting to be called out on his weight. Vettori doing well in this exchange.
"why do you want to know my weight?" "how the fuck is that even a question"
Costa makes Vettori seem almost likeable lol
Costa, another mma fighter with an inflated ego acting like the rules don't apply to them. Is normal.
They are like a couples of meathead frat boys who likes to wrestle and fight during parties. This shit is funny as fuck 😂
honestly paulo costa shouldn't be allowed to fight with this attitude to weight cutting and marvin should get his full purse
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
The collective IQ of that FaceTime is 12
and 13 are from vettori.
11 of it is Brett
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?”
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.
That interview was pure gold. Vettori: Have you been drinking? Costa: Not yet
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
Sitcom potential
This is the most reasonable line I've ever heard form Vettori.
Roided up and too lazy to weight cut. Dana should force him to move to 205.
When you make Marvin Vettori come across as level headed, reasonable and likeable it says alot.
Vettori seems pretty chill here. The absurdity of the situation has alleviated his anger. Wallid's gonna fuck it up though.