Marvin Vettori sat cageside at UFC Vegas 24 and reportedly called for a No. 1 contender fight with the victorious Robert Whittaker. But the ex-champ had a message for his colleague at Saturday’s post-fight press conference.
“I’ve fought nothing but No. 1 contenders,” said Whittaker, who’s beaten Darren Till, Jared Cannonier and now Kelvin Gastelum since losing his belt to current champ Israel Adesanya. “I’ve already ran the gauntlet. Everybody that had a title shot if they beat me, I beat. That’s it.
“I like Marvin, I guess.