Kelvin Gastelum made a roundabout return to middleweight, yet it’s been a fortuitous event.
Having missed weight for his UFC 205 welterweight fight with Donald Cerrone in November, Gastelum was rebooked as a middleweight against Tim Kennedy at UFC 206 the following month. He not only made his reluctant return to 185 pounds, but he scored a third-round TKO over Kennedy and called out Vitor Belfort afterwards.
At UFC Fight Night 106 in Fortaleza, Gastelum got his wish. He fought Belfort in front of a partisan crowd hoping to see him lose.