ATLANTA – The struggle is real for Kelvin Gastelum ahead of Saturday’s UFC 236 interim title fight with Israel Adesanya , and it has to do with motivation. Gastelum was supposed to fight middleweight champion Robert Whittaker at UFC 234 in February. After the bout was canceled on fight day because of Whittaker’s emergency surgery , the situation was altered at 185 pounds. With Whittaker out until late summer, the UFC booked an interim title affair between Gastelum and Adesanya, which takes place at State Farm Arena and co-headlines UFC 236. Not getting the fulfillment of fighting for the title after his first championship camp took a toll on Gastelum mentally.
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Kelvin Gastelum admits to struggling mentally ahead of UFC 236, but he’s over it now – MMA Junkie