Later this year, during International Fight Week in Las Vegas, Kelvin Gastelum’s iconic interim middleweight title fight with Israel Adesanya from UFC 236 will be inducted into the Fight Wing of the UFC Hall of Fame.
One of the most competitive and gritty championship battles in recent memory, the back-and-forth scrap was immediately recognized as an instant classic and will now take its place alongside other historic contests in UFC history.
“I don’t know why they’re inducting that fight into the Hall of Fame (already),” Gastelum said with a laugh and a smile on Thursday morning, discussing the honor just a few days ahead of his main card matchup with Joe Pyfer at Arena CDMX in Mexico City.