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UFC middleweight Marvin Vettori is known to express anger during prefight staredowns with his opponents for no apparent reason - but this time, his anger was justified.
Vettori hurled insults toward Paulo Costa and flashed the double birds as they came face to face Friday before their main-event bout on Saturday's UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas.
Marvin Vettori was HEATED at Paulo Costa during the final faceoff, offering the double birds and multiple curse words.#UFCVegas41 | Full story: https://t.co/VGTx4u7xfk pic.twitter.com/QILmf5JAZB
— MMA Junkie (@MMAjunkie) October 22, 2021
Vettori's irritation stems from Costa's weight debacle earlier this week when Costa said he would be unable to make the 185-pound limit in time for Friday morning's weigh-in. The top contenders were initially scheduled to meet in the middleweight division, where they normally compete, but the fight was changed to a 195-pound catchweight bout and later a light heavyweight bout (205 pounds).
During their faceoff, Vettori told Costa he "lost to the f------ scale," adding that he planned to "punish" the Brazilian when they step into the Octagon on Saturday.
Both fighters made weight following the late switch, with Costa coming in at 204.5 pounds and Vettori at 204 pounds.
