Kevin Holland Says He Won’t Trash Talk Marvin Vettori During Fight, No More ‘Big Mouth’

Get Kevin Holland a new nickname … ’cause “Big Mouth” won’t be running when he fights Saturday night, telling TMZ Sports his sole focus is whooping Marvin Vettori‘s ass.

28-year-old Holland received an onslaught of criticism — from fans to Dana White — for the nonstop crap talk during his unanimous decision loss to Derek Brunson only 19 days ago.

Holland’s stepping up on short notice to fight Vettori — the 27-year old, 6th-ranked UFC middleweight — and we asked if he was gonna press pause on the trash talk.

“Yeah, I mean ultimately, I go in there and get the job done and then we’ll see what happens after that, but it’s like a whole lot of talking that night, I don’t see that happening. Go in there, get the job done and then we can talk about it after.”

It’s an interesting dilemma … MMA fans loved Holland’s brashness when he was winning (he fought and won 5 times in 2020!!) — but turned on him when he talked and lost.

So, moral of the story for Kevin? Win. This. Fight.

“I just got a job to do. The job is to put Vettori away in a nice fashion.”

As for any bad blood with White … Holland says everything’s cool with the UFC honcho.