Kelvin Gastelum Misses Weight Again: Fourth Time in His Career
UFC veteran Kelvin Gastelum has once again had issues with weight. This time, Gastelum failed to make the required weight for his fight against Dustin Stoltzfus, marking the fourth time in his career that this has happened, and the first in the middleweight category.
Gastelum, 33 years old, weighed 191 pounds for a fight scheduled at 185 pounds. The UFC Noche event was the setting for this incident.
Stoltzfus, for his part, did manage to make the established weight and decided to go ahead with the fight. As a result, he will receive 35% of Gastelum’s purse.
Gastelum (19-10) has a history of weight issues, mainly in the welterweight category. In 2014 and 2015, he failed to make weight for 170-pound fights.
In 2016, the UFC was forced to cancel a fight between Gastelum and Donald Cerrone at 170 pounds, because Gastelum exceeded the weight limit. The New York State Athletic Commission refused to sanction the fight and suspended Gastelum for six months.
After that incident, the UFC forced him to move up to the middleweight division.
Gastelum, interim champion, has a 3-7 record in his last 10 appearances.
