Marvin
Vettori has changed things up in an attempt to snap his losing
streak.
Vettori (19-10) has lost four fights in a row in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship and is scheduled to face
Ismail
Naurdiev (25-8) at UFC
332 on Oct. 3 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The Italian
recently revealed that he has parted ways with
American Top Team and returned to
Kings MMA.
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Beneil Dariush takes over as Vettori’s head coach ahead of UFC
332
While Vettori has no complaints about ATT, he believes the gym
wasn’t getting the best out of him. The former title challenger has
returned to his roots in California, where he trained during his
ascent through the middleweight ranks. While the Kings MMA team he
previously trained with no longer exists in the same form, Vettori
said he is now training with Beneil
Dariush as his head coach.
“I made some changes… I’m back in California,” Vettori told MMA
Fighting. “I had to find myself again and I did. I feel good. I’m
actually excited to fight… I went back to my roots and went back to
what made me the fighter who won five in a row and fought for the
title… ATT, I’ve got nothing but great things to say. I feel like
it wasn’t getting the best out of me… [My new team] is not Kings
MMA like the one that was before; that doesn’t even exist anymore.
I have been training with Beneil Dariush as a head coach. And I
went back to my boxing coach, my S&C coach.”
Vettori trained at Kings MMA from 2015 to 2022 before a brief stint
at
Xtreme Couture. “The Italian Dream” then moved to Florida in
2023 to train at ATT.
Marvin
Vettori went back to his original team with Beneil
Dariush to „find himself again“ ahead of #UFC332:„I’m actually excited to fight. … I went back to my roots and went
back to what made me the fighter who won five in a row and fought
for the title.“(🎥 @JoseYoungs)
pic.twitter.com/9BAEmZVJw9— MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting)
September 29, 2026