Despite the shifts in weight during fight week, Marvin Vettori and Paulo Costa put on an incredible fight for 25 minutes. The light heavyweight bout was the UFC Fight Night 196 main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. It streamed on ESPN+. The fight was originally scheduled to take place at middleweight, the bout moved to a catchweight of 195 pounds momentarily, before ultimately settling on 205 pounds just days before the fight took place. Given their differences in the lead-up to the fight, neither man was interested in touching gloves before the action began
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UFC Fight Night 196 results: Marvin Vettori outlasts Paulo Costa in five-round war – MMA Junkie