MELBOURNE, Australia – Kelvin Gastelum is declaring himself UFC middleweight champion after Robert Whittaker was forced to withdraw from the UFC 234 main event on short notice. After issuing a classy message to Whittaker (20-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) following his withdrawal from UFC 234 due to a serious abdominal issue that required “emergency surgery,” Gastelum (16-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) showed up backstage at the event with a title over his shoulder. “This is my belt,” Gastelum said backstage at UFC 234. “I earned this. I showed up, traveled thousands and thousands of miles from home, made the weight.
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