After submitting a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt in his UFC debut, Marvin Vettori doesn’t seem that worried about his second octagon outing. Set to face world-class grappler Antonio Carlos Junior (6-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) at Friday’s UFC 207, Vettori (11-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) says he has been facing “grapplers that have gone into striking” for his past three or four fights. And, when it comes to MMA, the jiu-jitsu brown belt is confident he can hold his own. “I’m not scared of his ground,” Vettori told MMAjunkie Radio. “If I was doing a jiu-jitsu match I’d probably lose, but MMA is different.
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UFC 207′s Marvin Vettori ‘not scared’ of Antonio Carlos Junior’s ground game – MMA Junkie