Chris Weidman pried his way back into the conversation in the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight division.
The former champion broke a three-fight losing streak and regained his footing at 185 pounds, as he submitted “The Ultimate Fighter 17” winner Kelvin Gastelum with a third-round arm-triangle choke in the UFC on Fox 25 headliner on Saturday at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Finished for the first time in his career, Gastelum bowed out 3:45 into Round 3.
Weidman had to work for it. Gastelum had him in serious danger near the end of the first round, where he floored the Serra-Longo Fight Team star with an overhand left behind the ear.