Kelvin Gastelum didn’t think it was going to be easy to get to a world title shot in the UFC. But after winning The Ultimate Fighter in 2013, he didn’t think it would take six years, either.
“I thought you win The Ultimate Fighter, you beat a couple contenders and you’re on your way to a title shot and you have a nice storybook ending,” said Gastelum. “But it doesn’t quite work out like that, not for me at least. But it makes me appreciate these moments more.”
The moment Gastelum is referring to is his long-awaited title fight against Israel Adesanya this Saturday in Atlanta.