Manager Ali Abdelaziz doesn’t see the matchup between Marvin Vettori and Paulo Costa playing out on the feet for too long. The Dominance MMA CEO said his client, Vettori, is rejuvenated following his title loss to UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in June and expects him to overwhelm Costa in their UFC Fight Night 196 headliner on Oct. 23. Although Vettori (17-5-1 MMA, 7-3-1 UFC) has used a grapple-heavy approach in fights, Abdelaziz said it’s Costa (13-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) who will resort to wrestling once the pair stands and trades. “The amount of volume he’s throwing, the amount of intensity he’s throwing, this is a new Marvin,” Abdelaziz told MMA Junkie.
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