Kelvin Gastelum ’s coach detailed what went wrong with the weight cut for UFC on ABC 6. Gastelum (19-9 MMA, 13-9 UFC) was scheduled to face Daniel Rodriguez in a welterweight bout this past Saturday in Riyadh, but their bout was shifted to middleweight after Gastelum struggled with his cut down. Gastelum won the bout by unanimous decision . Considering Gastelum has missed weight several times before, UFC CEO Dana White was far from thrilled . However, Gastelum’s coach, Santino DeFranco, said the former interim title challenger was dealing with quite a bit of adversity in the weeks leading up to the fight

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Kelvin Gastelum’s coach reveals staph infections impacted UFC Saudi Arabia weight cut, acknowledges ‘big f*ckup’ – MMA Junkie

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