When Israel Adesanya says everybody else is playing for second, he means it. With Paulo Costa and Marvin Vettori set to clash this weekend, and both fresh off the back of losses at Adesanya’s hands, the middleweight king has offered his thoughts on the bout.
Adesanya offered a tongue-in-cheek breakdown of the UFC Vegas 41 main event on YouTube. He took the chance to remind all comers that he is the only middleweight champion, and all contenders are merely his “children”.
Adesanya Unloads on his “Children” Vettori and Costa
“I just want to see my children so well. I really wish the best for my kids and my kid’s kid, but it ain’t me, though.” His opening salvo was a casual reminder that both Vettori and Costa were notorious steroid users. Or, as he put it, “juicy boys”.
“They’ve both been popped for sh*t, that’s right, they’re both juicy boys. They’ve both been popped, we need that to be known. These people forget so I need to remind people that, yeah, they’re both juicy boys.”
Adesanya offered a backhanded compliment to Vettori’s chin, a “LEGO block head”. “Vettori’s biggest weapon is his chin, that block head, that f*cking LEGO block head.
That’s his biggest weapon in this fight because he can take Costa to deep water by taking punishment, some ‘rope-a-dope sh*t’ without the rope-a-dope, just walking forward and taking punishment.
But his body, everybody’s body is suspect. I don’t think anybody’s body can withstand the kind of punishment their head can if you hit them in the right spot. Same with the head, but Vettori’s just got a block head.
He can take a lot of punishment, I’ll give him that. I would say his best method of victory is just taking Costa to deep water by grappling him, stalling, and just making him work, but Vettori has to be willing to try and actually do something, rather than just stall.”
As for Paulo Costa, who Israel Adesanya defeated via knockout last year, he was decidedly less complimentary.
“[He’s a] good striker. Costa’s path to victory in this fight? Get him out early. Do what you did to get to the dance, that got you this far, because you’re not fighting me, you’re fighting Vettori and he’s got sh*t footwork. Even worse than you!
I feel like Costa can just do what he does: just bull rush him, bulldoze him, but be careful of the takedowns because Vettori’s gonna try that, time that, and take him down.”
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