Gastelum believes he can retire Vitor Belfort

Belfort (left) and Gastelum (right) fight in March (PHOTO: UFC Brasil Reproduction)

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For the second time making a main fight at UFC Fortaleza on March 11th, Kelvin Gastelum will face the Brazilian Vitor belfort, former Ultimate champion. Despite the pressure of fighting at his opponent's home ground, the North American thinks this could be the “Phenomenon's” last fight.

“I think if he gets hurt badly, he could end up retiring. I don't want him to get injured, nor do I want me to get injured. But that's a numbers game. I don't wish bad things on anyone, but if he has any serious injuries in the fight, I think he will retire. I think he will hang up his gloves too if he doesn't have a good performance or gets knocked out”, commented Kelvin, in an interview with the North American website MMA Fighting, also revealing that he hopes to knock out Belfort in the first round.

“I don't know, I have a feeling it's going to be a knockout in my favor in the first round. It could even be a 25-minute war, but my prediction is a knockout in the first round”, he bet.

Vitor belfort comes from two consecutive defeats in his career, losing to Ronaldo Jacare at the historic UFC 198 and for Gegard Mousasi a few months later at UFC 204. Gastelum, in turn, has gone two fights without losing. During this period, he won John hendricks, at welterweight, and Tim Kennedy, at middleweight.

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