UFC middleweight contender, Marvin Vettori has defended the use of a racial slur by former champion, Conor McGregor on social media this evening, with the Italian describing the outrage regarding the Dubliner’s n-word use on his X account as “bullsh*t.
Vettori, the current number seven ranked divisional contender, has been booked to snap an almost-two year hiatus from the Octagon in March, taking on Georgian contender, Roman Dolidze in a rematch of their close showdown back in 2023 in London.
And coming under fire this evening on social media, Trento native, Marvin Vettori responded to claims from fellow contender, Joaquin Buckley that if anybody — including McGregor uttered the n-word around him in the future, he would attack them, claiming use of the word in a derogatory fashion was just “bullsh*t” outrage.