Pros react to Israel Adesanya defeating Marvin Vettori at UFC 263

Israel Adesanya was looking to earn his third middleweight title defense when he rematched Marvin Vettori in tonight’s UFC 263 main event.

Adesanya (21-1 MMA) and Vettori (17-5-1 MMA) had originally collided in April of 2018, with the promotions reigning middleweight champion emerging victorious by way of split decision.

Since then ‘The Italian Dream’ had went on to win five fights in a row, his most previous being a dominant decision victory over Kevin Holland.

Meanwhile, Israel Adesanya had entered UFC 263 looking to rebound from the first loss of his professional MMA career. ‘Stylebender’ had his ambitions of becoming a champ-champ halted by Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259 back in March. Prior to that setback, the middleweight champion had reeled off two title defenses over opponents Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa.

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Tonight’s UFC 263 main event proved to be a dominant showing from Israel Adesanya. The champ was able to seemingly stifle the grappling of Marvin Vettori, which left the Italian standing in Izzy’s wheelhouse. Although ‘Stylebender’ did not deliver on the finish that he promised, he did win every round on all three of the judges scorecards.

Official UFC 263 Result: Israel Adesanya def. Marvin Vettori by unanimous decision (50-45 x3)

Check out how the pros reacted to Adesanya defeating Vettori below:

Vettori is rocking our good friends from modelo theme lol. Brewed for those with a fighting spirit 😉

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) June 13, 2021

Vettori comes out with his short on correctly. #UFC263

— Gerald Meerschaert (@The_Real_GM3) June 13, 2021

Izzy in 3! 👊🏿🇳🇬🌍🤴🏿 #AndStill #UFC263

— KAMARU USMAN (@USMAN84kg) June 13, 2021

Yep. Izzy will be looking for that left head kick. #UFC263

— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) June 13, 2021

This moment is gonna tell us a lot about this fight!

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) June 13, 2021

Rooting for Vettori

— @randamma (@randamma) June 13, 2021

Those feints as always by @stylebender are 🔥 #UFC263

— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) June 13, 2021

If Vettori can get at least 1 takedown he can slow down Adesanya #UFC263

— Dominick Cruz (@DominickCruz) June 13, 2021

2-0 Izzy

— C H🖕🏽T O🇪🇨V E R A (@chitoveraUFC) June 13, 2021

I was hoping Vettori would come in more like Jan for this fight. Chop Israel down

— @randamma (@randamma) June 13, 2021

Post-fight reactions to Israel Adesanya defeating Marvin Vettori at UFC 263:

Lmfaooo!! 🤣🤣 Gimmie dat 🍑! 😩 #UFC263

— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) June 13, 2021

Game plan is not working

— @randamma (@randamma) June 13, 2021

Ass grab baby

— C H🖕🏽T O🇪🇨V E R A (@chitoveraUFC) June 13, 2021

Rest up, see you soon. @ufc #ufc263

— Robert Whittaker (@robwhittakermma) June 13, 2021

Lmao gosh these interactions between Israel and Marvin are killing me 😂 #UFC263

— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) June 13, 2021

Who would you like to see Israel Adesanya fight next following his victory over Marvin Vettori this evening in Arizona? Share your thoughts in the comment section PENN Nation!