Three years after sharing the octagon with Israel Adesanya, “The Italian Dream” Marvin Vettori wants to achieve his ultimate goal and become Italy’s first UFC champion. Kings MMA leader Rafael Cordeiro, who was in Vettori’s corner that night and returns to Glendale for the rematch at Saturday night’s UFC 263, is confident that they will dethrone “The Last Stylebender.”
“This is a fight he has asked for a long time and I think he’s had great evolution since the first one,” Cordeiro said in an interview with MMA Fighting. “Both fighters have changed a lot.