{"id":147278,"date":"2015-06-02T05:40:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T12:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=147278"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:11:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:11:20","slug":"kelvin-gastelum-wants-back-in-welterweight-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/kelvin-gastelum-wants-back-in-welterweight-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelvin Gastelum Wants Back In Welterweight Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kelvin-Gastelum.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127941\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kelvin-Gastelum.png\" alt=\"Kelvin Gastelum\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kelvin-Gastelum.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kelvin-Gastelum-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kelvin-Gastelum-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kelvin-Gastelum-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former UFC welterweight current middleweight Kelvin Gastelum wants to return to his previous division.<\/p>\n<p>Only problem with that? UFC president Dana White forced him to go up because of issues with making weight. According to Gastelum, who is preparing to fight in Mexico City, in order for him to return to the division he feels is best for him he has to work it out with the boss.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what he had to say to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/06\/after-sh-tty-sh-tty-weekend-at-ufc-183-kelvin-gastelum-hopes-for-eventual-return-to-170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m still learning. I\u2019m still very, very young. I\u2019m still growing as a person and as an athlete. I\u2019ve learned a lot and I feel like I\u2019m barely scratching the surface as to what my real potential is, and I feel great.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He\u2019s [White] the one who forced me (to go up to middleweight), so I\u2019ve got to work with him to let me go back down to welterweight.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Championship Mindset &#8212; Cain Velasquez Prepares For UFC 188<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/eaee41e3-5171-4ead-a4ec-4e7670e9e465_default\/index.html?videoId=4267926994001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight current middleweight Kelvin Gastelum wants to return to his previous division. Only problem with that? UFC president Dana White forced him to go up because of issues with making weight. 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