{"id":268748,"date":"2018-01-26T13:56:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T21:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=268748"},"modified":"2018-01-26T13:56:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T21:56:55","slug":"kelvin-gastelum-bothered-passed-interim-title-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kelvin-gastelum\/kelvin-gastelum-bothered-passed-interim-title-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelvin Gastelum Bothered By Being Passed Up for Interim Title Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The middleweight division was just on the verge of reaching a relatively normal state of affairs and then an injury sent it right back into chaos. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/breaking-georges-st-pierre-drops-bombshell-future-middleweight\/\">Georges St-Pierre bowed out of the division<\/a> and left his new title behind. Whittaker was promoted to the undisputed champion but had to pull out of his first defense. Yoel Romero was immediately booked into Whittaker&#8217;s fight with Luke Rockhold and it was changed into an interim title bout. If you&#8217;re confused, don&#8217;t worry, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kelvin-gastelum\/kelvin-gastelum-clowns-ufc-claims-robert-whittaker-took-easy-road\/\">Kelvin Gastelum is too<\/a>. He thought he was a shoe-in for the shot after his performance at UFC Shanghai, but the UFC had other plans.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt does bother me a little bit that I haven\u2019t even been considered for a shot, but it is what it is, I know this is a process, and I\u2019m just dealing with the process. What I do think set me back was Robert Whittaker getting hurt and them making that match-up for the interim [middleweight] belt. That 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<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/01\/kelvin-gastelum-feels-snubbed-yoel-romero-ufc-interim-title-shot\">Kelvin Gastelum speaking to MMA Junkie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Y\u2019all forgetting Luke is also on a 1 Fight win streak! Got KOd by the guy I just beat! Came back after 2 yrs to beat a guy who didn\u2019t compete in Ufc a year ago <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/miuaO0mC2O\">https:\/\/t.co\/miuaO0mC2O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KelvinGastelum\/status\/939268584018251781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI knew Luke Rockhold and I were both in the front-running for this fight. I was then told Robert Whittaker wanted the tougher fight and he picked Rockhold. In my opinion that is the easier fight because I feel I\u2019m the toughest fight for anyone in this division. I think Whittaker took the easier fight by going with Luke. He\u2019s absolutely worried about me and for good reason. He and I have trained together in the past and know what the other is all about. We know what the other brings to the table.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flocombat.com\/articles\/6054731-kelvin-gastelum-says-whittaker-took-easy-road-by-fighting-rockhold\">Kelvin Gastelum speaking to FloCombat back in December<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s been a long 18 months of fighting, training and fighting again and again. I guess I should have taken those 18 months off ,instead to get a title fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KelvinGastelum\/status\/938506449130590214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After all, Kelvin Gastelum just knocked out the former champion Michael Bisping directly after he lost his title to Georges St-Pierre. Gastelum brings up the fact that Rockhold&#8217;s last win was against UFC newcomer David Branch. While he&#8217;s a former multi-division WSOF champion, it was his first fight in the UFC&#8217;s Octagon. While the UFC has already made their decision and booked the fight, Gastelum should be in line for a high profile bout after his win over Bisping. Although it still won&#8217;t be a title shot, that goes to whoever wins in UFC Perth&#8217;s main event to unify the interim belt with Whittaker&#8217;s real title.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 1\/26\/2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The middleweight division was just on the verge of reaching a relatively normal state of affairs and then an injury sent it right back into chaos. Georges St-Pierre bowed out of the division and left his new title behind. Whittaker was promoted to the undisputed champion but had to pull out of his first defense. 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