Cool, Calm and Collected: Marvin Vettori says there was no pressure going into UFC debut

With each UFC debut comes a larger audience, more media obligations and brighter lights. Often times fighters go from making a few hundred dollars in a casino to fighting in Las Vegas’ most luxurious arena with millions of people watching around the world.

For some debuting fighters, these differences between fighting on the local circuit and in the big leagues are difficult to adjust to. So difficult that it creates a massive amount of pressure, which overwhelms these fighters. They don’t perform to the best of their abilities. Far from it. They crumple.

But other debuting fighters thrive under the UFC banner. They soak in everything the new experience has to offer. They don’t worry about pressure or being nervous. That doesn’t even cross their minds. They step inside the Octagon for the first time and look better than ever before.

Marvin Vettori falls under the latter category.

Vettori made his debut against Alberto Uda at UFC 202 last month. He entered the fight as the slight favorite, and proved in the fight why that was the case. The middleweight fighter was taken down by Uda, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, very momentarily, but reversed the position …

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