Marvin Vettori Vs. Roman Dolidze 2

The UFC was at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas for tonight’s fights. The UFC Vegas 104 fight card featured a middleweight rematch as the main event. In that contest, Roman Dolidze avenged his 2023 loss to Marvin Vettori with a decision win of his own. Meanwhile, in the co-main event, Chidi Njokuani knocked out Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos. That victory should put Njokuani into the top 15 of the UFC’s welterweight division next week, despite the fact that he missed weight for UFC Vegas 104. Overall, nine of the 13 fights on tonight’s UFC Fight Night event ended in stoppages. Below, we look at the UFC Vegas 104 fight card results, video highlights, scorecards, bonus winners, and more.

The full UFC Vegas 104 fight card streamed on ESPN+.

UFC Vegas 104 Results Main Event: Marvin Vettori Vs. Roman Dolidze 2

Roman Dolidze seemed to learn a lesson from his 2023 decision loss to Marvin Vettori, and that lesson was in an evenly matched fight; you cannot allow your opponent to throw and land more strikes than you. In their first meeting, which was a three-round contest, Vettori landed 106 of 218 significant strikes, while Dolidze went 71 for 192. On Saturday, which was a five-round matchup, Dolidze landed 141 of 338 significant strikes to Vettori’s 111 of 220. That difference and the fact that Dolidze was landing with more power (which he also did in the first fight) carried the day for him.

With the win, Dolidze is on a three-fight winning streak, while Vettori, who had not fought since he dropped a five-round decision to Jared Cannonier in June 2023, is on a two-fight losing skid and 2-4 dating back to June 2021 when he lost to Israel Adesanya in a UFC middleweight title fight.

Vettori entered UFC Vegas 104 as the No. 8 ranked UFC 185-pound fighter, while Dolidze was ranked at No. 12.

UFC Vegas 104 Results Co-Main Event: Chidi Njokuani Vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

A fight the UFC had booked as a welterweight scrap moved to a catchweight when Njokuani came in heavy on weigh-in day.

Njokuani looked to use his kicks to keep Dos Santos at distance early in the contest. Dos Santos, who was light on his feet and constantly moving, did his best to find time and space to land his strikes without much success. However, a short right hook, one of the nine significant strikes Dos Santos landed in the first round, staggered his opponent. Njokuani quickly recovered from that blow and ended the round, landing 23 significant strikes.

Njokuani continued to look to use his kicks in the second stanza, while Dos Santos continued to do his best to get inside to land his punches but was still active with his kicking game. Njokuani’s ability to control distance seemed to frustrate Dos Santos, which resulted in Dos Santos getting aggressive to close distance. Njokauni timed one of those attacks well and grabbed his opponent to land a knee to the head from the Thai clinch. That blow dropped Dos Santos to the mat, and Njokuani ended things with several elbows on the mat.

UFC Results: UFC Vegas 104 Full Fight Card

UFC Results: UFC Vegas 104 Main Card

Roman Dolidze defeats Marvin Vettori via unanimous decision (49-46 x 3)
Chidi Njokuani defeats Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos via TKO at 2:19 of Round 2 (Knee to head in the clinch)
Alexander Hernandez defeats Kurt Holobaugh via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Da’Mon Blackshear defeats Cody Gibson via submission at 4:09 of Round 2 (Kimura from side control)
Brendson Ribeiro defeats Diyar Nurgozhay via submission at 1:28 of Round 2 (Kimura from bottom side control)
Kevin Vallejos defeats Seungwoo Choi via TKO at 3:09 of Round 1 (Punches to head on ground)

UFC Results: UFC Vegas 104 Preliminary Card

Waldo Cortes-Acosta defeats Ryan Spann via TKO at 4:48 of Round 2 (Punches to head from ground)
Suyoung You defeats AJ Cunningham via unanimous decision (30-27 x 3)
Carlos Vera defeats Josias Musasa via submission at 3:16 of Round 1 (Rear naked choke)
Sam Hughes defeats Stephanie Luciano via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-27)
André Lima defeats Daniel Barez via submission at 3:05 of Round 3 (Rear naked choke)
Priscila Cachoeira defeats Josiane Nunes via KO at 2:46 of Round 1 (Punch to head at distance)
Carli Judice defeats Yuneisy Duben via TKO at 1:40 of Round 1 (Kick to head at distance)

UFC Results: UFC Vegas 104 Scorecards

UFC Results: UFC Vegas 104 Video Highlights

UFC Results: UFC Vegas 104 Post-Fight Bonuses

Fight of the Night: None

Performance of the Night: Carlos Vera

Performance of the Night: André Lima

Performance of the Night: Priscila Cachoeira

Performance of the Night: Carli Judice

UFC Vegas 104 Fight Card Date

Saturday, March 15, 2025

UFC Vegas 104 Fight Card Location

UFC Apex in Las Vegas, NV

UFC Vegas 104 Fight Card How to Watch Or Stream

Full fight card streams on ESPN+

UFC Vegas 104 Fight Card Time

Prelims: 4:00 p.m. ET

Main Card: 7:00 p.m. ET

UFC Vegas 104 Fight Card Preview – Marvin Vettori Vs. Roman Dolidze 2

Marvin Vettori (19-7-1) returns to the UFC Octagon for the first time since he dropped a unanimous decision to Jared Cannonier in June 2023. That fight followed his March 2023 decision win over Roman Dolidze. An injury knocked Vettori out of a scheduled April 2024 matchup against Brendan Allen. Vettori enters UFC Vegas 104 as the No. 8 ranked fighter in the official UFC middleweight rankings.

Vettori opened his UFC career in 2016. He went 2-2-1 in his first five fights with the promotion. Following a split decision loss to future UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in April 2018, Vettori put together a five-fight unbeaten streak. That run earned him a rematch against Adesanya, who by then held the UFC’s 185-pound belt. Adesanya won that contest via decision.

Vettori is 2-2 since his loss to Adesanya.

Roman Dolidze (14-3) enters UFC Vegas 104 as the No. 11 UFC middleweight.Dolidze joined the promotion in July 2020 going 2-1 in his first three outings with the UFC. Dolidze followed a March 2021 decision loss to Trevin Giles with a four-fight winning streak. That run ended with his loss to Vettori. A majority decision setback to Nassourdine Imavov followed.

Dolidze followed that lackluster performance with a decision win over Anthony Smith at UFC 303. In his most recent trip to the cage, Dolidze scored a TKO win over Kevin Holland in a bout where Holland could not continue because of broken ribs.

UFC Vegas 104 Main Event Preview: Vettori Vs. Dolidze 1

The first matchup between these two middleweights was a fairly evenly matched striking battle. The difference in the fight came down to activity and output. Vettori attempted 218 significant strikes and landed 106 for a success rate of 48 percent. Meanwhile, Dolidze threw 192 significant strikes and connected 71 times for a landing rate of 36 percent. Vettori might not have thrown with his opponent’s power, but he used effective combinations, while Dolidze relied more on single power strikes.

Vettori also did a good job mixing up his techniques and targets, landing 38 leg strikes, eight body strikes, and 60 head strikes. Dolidze spent most of the fight headhunting, with 52 of his significant strikes landing upstairs on Vettori.

UFC Vegas 104 Main Event: Marvin Vettori On Roman Dolidze

“I smashed my shoulder. It popped out and destroyed my rotator cuff, my labrum, and even my bicep,” Vettori said (Via MMA Mania). “It was a heavy surgery, you know. A lot of tendons were torn and messed up. Tendons take a while to heal.”

“It’s good to be back,” Vettori added. “After my last fight, I thought I needed some time off, so I switched gyms [from Xtreme Couture] and joined American Top Team. I started training for another fight, but then I got injured…this injury took me basically a year. I thought I could recover in three months with P.T. [physical therapy], but I actually made it worse and ended up needing surgery in June. I got injured [last] March, and I’m finally coming back now.”

UFC Vegas 104 Main Event: Roman Dolidze On Marvin Vettori

“He hasn’t fought in a long time,” Dolidze said (via MMA Junkie). “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 hard to find keys with me. But I still think that I need to be more calm and control my anger, and that’s the key to win this fight.”

UFC Vegas 104 Fight Card: Odds, Lines, Prop Bets, Predictions And Picks

UF Tonight: UFC Vegas 104 Main Event: Vettori Vs. Dolidze 2 Predictions And Picks

Roman Dolidze is the better all-around fighter in this contest. The problem with Dolidze is that he doesn’t use his full skill set inside the Octagon. Instead of employing his grappling skills, he seems most interested in getting in slugfests. While fans might not mind that style, Dolidze employs that approach to the detriment of his career.

With that being said, Dolidze has been far more active than Vettori, and he has shown the ability to pick up his output and accuracy while mixing up his targets and techniques. With that, the betting pick is that Dolidze will beat Vettori at UFC Vegas 104 via decision.

Stay tuned for more coverage for tonight’s UFC Vegas 104 fight card: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2.