{"id":268571,"date":"2018-01-24T08:45:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T16:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=268571"},"modified":"2018-01-25T05:21:54","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T13:21:54","slug":"kelvin-gastelum-getting-frustrated-long-road-ufc-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kelvin-gastelum\/kelvin-gastelum-getting-frustrated-long-road-ufc-title-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelvin Gastelum is getting frustrated with the long road to a UFC title fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kelvin Gastelum has enjoyed a pretty solid run since rejoining the UFC middleweight division.<\/p>\n<p>His latest middleweight run began with a decisive defeat of Tim Kennedy. Next, he smashed Vitor Belfort to a first-round TKO \u2013 though this win was overturned when he tested positive for marijuana metabolites. From there, he had his momentum halted by a submission loss to Chris Weidman, yet he recently rebounded from that loss with perhaps the best win of his career: a first-round knockout of former UFC middleweight champ Michael Bisping.<\/p>\n<p>Having been so successful as a middleweight, Kelvin Gastelum has been angling for a shot at gold. Unfortunately, with undisputed champ Robert Whittaker battling illness, and Luke Rockhold and Yoel Romero battling for interim gold in the meantime, Gastelum&#8217;s road to gold is looking frustratingly long.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt does bother me a little bit that I haven\u2019t even been considered for a shot, but it is what it is,\u201d Gastelum told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/01\/kelvin-gastelum-feels-snubbed-yoel-romero-ufc-interim-title-shot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> backstage at this past Saturday\u2019s UFC 220. \u201cI know this is a process, and I\u2019m just dealing with the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I do think set me back was Robert Whittaker getting hurt and them making that matchup for the interim belt,\u201d Gastelum said. \u201cThat sets every middleweight back, because the winner is going to have to fight Whittaker. It\u2019s just going to have to be a process for anyone to get a title shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Whittaker&#8217;s illness, Gastelum has accepted he&#8217;ll have to fight again before fighting for the belt. He just doesn&#8217;t know who to fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want the fight that\u2019ll guarantee me the title shot,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t care who it is \u2013 the No. 1 guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this point, it\u2019s hard to say who,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019m kind of just on stand-by. You\u2019ve got the top five over here, and I\u2019m kind of floating over here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Kelvin Gastelum fight next?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/24\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelvin Gastelum has enjoyed a pretty solid run since rejoining the UFC middleweight division. His latest middleweight run began with a decisive defeat of Tim Kennedy. Next, he smashed Vitor Belfort to a first-round TKO \u2013 though this win was overturned when he tested positive for marijuana metabolites. 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