Gastelum (left) knocked out Kennedy at UFC 206. (Photo: Getty Images)
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Full of morale after beating Tim Kennedy by knockout at UFC 206, Kelvin Gastelum admitted his desire to return to welterweight, but guaranteed that a fight against Vitor belfort, among midfielders, in Brazil, interests him a lot.
After remaining undefeated at 84kg. in Ultimate, Gastelum explained that facing Belfort, probably at the Fortaleza event in March 2017, would be one of the only fights he would accept at middleweight.
“I prefer to return to welterweight, I feel like it’s my category. But let's see if they offer me another fight at middleweight. I came here to replace Rashad evans and I heard that the UFC needs an opponent to Vitor belfort in Brazil, so if they want to marry this fight, let’s go for it”, commented Gastelum at the post-UFC 206 press conference.
The North American was forced to return to middleweight after failing to make the welterweight limit at UFC 205. At the time, he would fight against Donald Cerrone, but was far from reaching 77 kg. and didn't even go to the weigh-in. The fight against Cowboy was cancelled.
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