In comparison to many of the other Fight Night main events, Jared Cannonier and Kelvin Gastelum is a perfectly acceptable main event. It’s far from a great headliner, but given Gastelum is a replacement for Paulo Costa, it isn’t one that I’ll complain about.
Well, I won’t complain about the quality of the match by itself, but there was already a fight on the card that I would have rather seen go five rounds instead. After all, it’s certainly possible Alexandre Pantoja could get a crack at the flyweight title if he can overcome Brandon Royval. Some will point out Cannonier could also get a title shot with a win, but who would you rather see potentially go five rounds: a pair of kill-or-be-killed flyweights or a pair of measured middleweights?