Roman Dolidze achieved the high point of his octagon career on Saturday when he avenged a key loss against Marvin Vettori in the UFC Fight Night 254 main event. After dropping a unanimous decision in the first meeting at UFC 286 in March 2023,

Incredibly it wasn’t Vettori’s first wardrobe malfunction either with the 31-year-old infamously having his shorts on backwards during a photoshoot to promote his UFC 263 middleweight title fight against Israel Adesanya. However, in the end, the delay did little to put his opponent off his game as Dolidze won by unanimous decision.

Dolidze (14-3) is back on a winning streak after losing consecutive fights for the first time. Dolidze has now beaten Vettori, Kevin Holland and Anthony Smith successively. Vettori (19-8-1) is on his first two-fight losing skid after dropping consecutive decisions to Dolidze and Jared Cannonier.