Kelvin Gastelum and Israel Adesanya both rightfully earned a $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus for their epic, back-and-forth middleweight clash at UFC 235, and both men could find themselves walking away with a Fight of the Year award by the new year.
Gastelum bloodied and battered Adesanya in the UFC 235 co-main event but ‘The Last Stylebender’ stole the show in the fifth and final round, dropping Gastelum several times to secure the victory.
Although Gastelum lost the bout, The Ultimate Fighter 17 winner says going to war with Adesanya for five gruelling rounds was one of his proudest moments in the Octagon to date.