{"id":301443,"date":"2019-02-11T18:18:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T02:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=301443"},"modified":"2019-02-11T18:18:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T02:18:50","slug":"kelvin-gastelum-roasts-leper-conor-mcgregor-following-ufc-234","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-roasts-leper-conor-mcgregor-following-ufc-234\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelvin Gastelum roasts &#8216;leper&#8217; Conor McGregor following UFC 234"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UFC 234 ended up being a pretty wild night of action as expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, on the day of the event, it had lost its headliner as the middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker, had to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kelvin-gastelum\/video-robert-whittaker-issues-statement-on-ufc-234-withdrawal-after-undergoing-emergency-surgery\/\">undergo emergency hernia surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That left the challenger Kelvin Gastelum without a fight and promoted <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anderson-silva\/ufc-234-results-israel-adesanya-defeats-anderson-silva-highlights\/\">Israel Adesanya vs Anderson Silva<\/a> to the main event slot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the news, Gastelum <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kelvin-gastelum\/kelvin-gastelum-reacts-following-the-cancellation-of-his-ufc-234-title-fight-with-robert-whittaker\/\">revealed his sorrows and wished Whittaker a speedy recovery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was before <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kelvin-gastelum\/video-kelvin-gastelum-arrives-at-ufc-234-with-a-belt-and-proclaims-he-is-champion\/\">he showed up to the Rod Laver Arena with the new UFC legacy title<\/a> where he proclaimed that he had &#8216;earned it&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We would later find out that the title actually belonged to the current flyweight champion Henry Cejudo who was at the event as a guest fighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of that, we found out that Gastelum was battling a staph infection which then garnered <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/kelvin-gastelum-fires-back-at-little-prick-conor-mcgregor\/\">some scathing remarks from Conor McGregor<\/a> who questioned why a &#8216;worm&#8217; like Gastelum was walking around with the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, Gastelum wasn&#8217;t too fond of that as he fired back on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOh my god, you want to talk about a leper?&#8221; Gastelum said of McGregor on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ariel Helwani's MMA Show (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/events\/964202978675605505\" target=\"_blank\">Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show<\/a>. &#8220;A guy that\u2019s full of disease that\u2019s spreading disease all over Ireland? 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