San Antonio, TX -Kevlin Gastelum returned to the win -column at Noche UFC on Saturday, but that victory is supplied with an asterisk for the TUF champion.
“This is what I should do. This is what I have been doing for more than ten years. I had not expected any less,” said Gastelum (20-10, 1NC), now a UFC Hall of Fame member in the Fight Wing, to Cageside Press and other media after his victory on Saturday, who jump back from a loss of Joe Pyfer on Saturday. Kelvin took a unanimous decision victory over Dustin Stoltzfus in the game.
Nevertheless, Fight Week saw him miss the weight for the short-note affair. Under the circumstances, Gastelum might have seen a pass, but with a history of weight struggle, the critics were fully in force.
Gastelum admitted that he enjoyed the abbreviated Vechtkamp, even if the end result was again problems on the scales.
“I like these four weeks, because we just fooled right away. We devised a plan to lose the weight, unfortunately I was unable to fulfill that plan, and it spoils the victory here a bit,” Gastelum admitted. “But at the end of the day it is important the victory and we have the victory.”
Asked for a possible change in weight class, the middleweight only said: “We are good where we are.”
Regarding fighting on a map that is designed to celebrate the independence of Mexico and Vechtgeest: “I wanted to fight for a long time on a NOCHE card,” said Gastelum. “Representing my Mexican heritage is something I did for a long time, and finally did it today.”
Only 33, expects to continue to compete for a while. “I still have the feeling that I have a number of things to offer. In the coming years I can at least compete at this level. I still have the feeling that there are a number of things I can do at this level.”
View the full press conference of Noche UFC above after the fight with Kelvin Gastelum.
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