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Marvin Vettori sat cageside at UFC Vegas 24 and reportedly called for a No. 1 contender fight with the victorious Robert Whittaker. But the ex-champ had a message for his colleague at Saturday’s post-fight press conference.
“I’ve fought nothing but No. 1 contenders,” said Whittaker, who’s beaten Darren Till, Jared Cannonier and now Kelvin Gastelum since losing his belt to current champ Israel Adesanya. “I’ve already ran the gauntlet. Everybody that had a title shot if they beat me, I beat. That’s it.
“I like Marvin, I guess. He’s alright. But I think there’s fights he still needs to make. I don’t think he’s fought the top three dudes, the top five dudes, really. But he can wait his turn. Let me have my fight, and then he can fight the winner of that. Relax.”