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Marvin Vettori is straight-up GIDDY to become the first Italian to main event a UFC card — telling TMZ Sports, “It’s f*ckin’ massive, man. It’s beautiful.”
The 27-year-old old middleweight — born and raised in Trento, Italy — is set to take on Jack Hermansson at “UFC Fight Night” on Saturday in Las Vegas.
“It’s super exciting, man,” Vettori tells us … “I’m proud of this moment. But man, we’ve gotta make it a memorable f*ckin’ day.”
Vettori is 15-4-1 as a pro fighter — but he’s on a 3 fight win streak … and says the goal is to prove he’s worthy of a title shot.
FYI, Vettori is currently the #13 ranked UFC middleweight. Hermansson is #4.
The last time Marvin took an “L” was in 2018 to Israel Adesanya — a split decision loss that Marvin badly wants to run back.
He’s even talkin’ some trash to the reigning middleweight champ.
But, Vettori says he’s focused on the goal at hand … beating Jack Hermansson.
“I have a goal and that is to smash Jack Hermansson on Saturday … and we’ll see after.”