TUF Winner Kelvin Gastelum Belongs at Welterweight
TUF 17 winner Kelvin Gastelum is back with a nutritionist and will return to the welterweight division against Matt Brown at UFC Fight Night 78.
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TUF 17 winner Kelvin Gastelum is back with a nutritionist and will return to the welterweight division against Matt Brown at UFC Fight Night 78.
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Julia Avila and Julija Stoliarenko faced off in a fast paced, but not otherwise remarkable bout on the UFC Vegas 30 undercard. However, the fight did have a bit of backstory to it. Most notably that it was initially booked for UFC Vegas 22, but the promotion scratched the contest from the March fight card after Stoliarenko passed out twice attempting to hit the 135-pound bantamweight limit. At the official weigh-in, Stoliarenko walked into the room, sat, took off her fight kit shoes and pants. She then stood and hurried to the center of the elevated stage, gave...
MMA Fighting Share this story Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC On Saturday night, UFC 258 goes down with a main event that features one of the rarest things in MMA: a-friends-turned-foes title fight! Kamaru Usman looks to break Georges St-Pierre’s record for most consecutive welterweight wins when he defends his title against his former teammate and training partner Gilbert Burns. It’s actually a really interesting matchup so let’s talk about that, Kelvin Gastelum’s return, and the end of the road for a pair of MMA legends. (Also, thanks everyone for not asking about Gi...