March 12, 2025 6: 00 pm ET
LAS VEGAS – Keep calm and fight on.
That’s Roman Dolidze’s mindset as he enters his UFC Fight Night 254 (ESPN+) main event Saturday vs. Marvin Vettori at the UFC Apex. The key to victory, as Dolidze (14-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) sees it, is to not let emotions factor into his decision making.
“He hasn’t fought in a long time,” Dolidze told reporters, including MMA Junkie, during a news conference Wednesday. “Everybody says maybe it’s bad for him, he hasn’t fought in so long. But I never think about the fights from this point of view. I just understand that we are all changing, evolving. Maybe he has time to change something in his game.
“But anyway, I still think this fight can be the same, how he was working and what he was doing with me. Because I have power. He knows. Everybody knows I’m powerful. Everybody knows my ground game and grappling. That’s why it’s always h