Marvin Vettori has not fought since April 2018, when he dropped a split-decision to Israel Adesanya at UFC on Fox 29.
The Italian middleweight wanted to build off the narrow defeat, but he was suspended by USADA for ostarine, which the anti-doping organization ruled came from a contaminated supplement. For the 25-year-old, it was tough news to swallow.
“The suspension sucked, it happened and outside of fighting was hard because you are paying the consequences for something that I never did,” Vettori said to Sherdog.com. "You are just stuck in limbo.