UFC veteran Kelvin Gastelum has taken his first walk to the Octagon since he learns that he will be inaugurated this summer in the UFC Hall of Fame.
Kelvin Gastelum and former UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya will enter the UFC Hall of Fame this summer in honor of their instant classic interim title fight. At UFC 236 in Atlanta, Gastelum and Adesanya fans treated one of the greatest fighting in the history of the division.
Adesanya won the fight through unanimous decision, but the result in itself does not put the back and forth war between him and Gastelum in the Octagon. The fight launched Adesanya in a global superstar and confirmed Gastelum as one of the toughest competitors in the division.
The UFC return time line from Adesanya remains uncertain after his loss against Nassourdine Imavov earlier this month. For Gastelum he returns to the cage with a chance to return to the ranking in his upcoming confrontation with a top middleweight star.
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Kelvin Gastelum is confronted with a brutal KO artist at UFC Mexico
As reported by ESPN Knockout, Gastelum will be confronted against the Dana White competition series with Alum Joe Pyfer in a middleweight fight during the upcoming return of the UFC to Mexico City on March 29. The map is led by a flight weight conflict between former champion Brandon Moreno and former title -Uceg.
At the moment the UFC has not confirmed or denied the Gastelum versus Pyfer. UFC CEO Dana White was able to officially announce the competition in the coming days.
Pyfer returns to the Octagon after a vicious knockout from Marc-André Barriault on UFC 303 last June. He bounced back from his first UFC defeat against Jack Hermansson through a unanimous decision last year, which was also his first booking of UFC Main Event.
Kelvin Gastelum seems to regain the Hall of Fame shape against Joe Pyfer
Gastelum has returned to De Kooi for the first time since a unanimous decision last June Daniel Rodriguez. He bounced back after losing in six of his previous eight fights, including defeats for Jared Cannonier and Robert Whittaker.
Gastelum wants to reclaim the form that he eventually saw challenge him for the interim -mid -weight title against Adesanya in their UFC Hall of Fame collision. Before his recent losing slip, Gastelum victories against people like Johny Hendricks, Michael Bisping and Nate Marquardt.
The winner of Gastelum vs. Pyfer could possibly earn a lock in the middleweight top 15 with a victory in UFC Mexico. Gastelum, after a recent series of fighting, wants to prove that he remains a tough out of the division.
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