DALLAS – In a fight in which both men took turns dropping one another to the mat, Kelvin Gastelum did just enough to edge out a split-decision win (28-29, 29-28, 30-27) in a grueling back-and-forth bout with Rick Story . The welterweight bout closed out the preliminary card of today’s UFC 171 event at American Airlines Center in Dallas. It aired on FOX Sports 2 following additional prelims on UFC Fight Pass and ahead of a main card on pay-per-view. It was all Gastelum in the early going, as he hurt Story with punches and nearly put him away in the first round. But Story wouldn’t go away that easily. Near the end of a second round that looked like little more than target practice for Gastelum in the first few minutes, Story wobbled him with a left before dropping him and pouring on the strikes in search of a finish, only to be thwarted by the clock as time ran out on the round.
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UFC 171 results: Kelvin Gastelum takes split from Rick Story in shootout – MMA Junkie