{"id":360273,"date":"2020-09-02T12:17:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T19:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=360273"},"modified":"2020-09-02T12:17:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T19:17:58","slug":"kelvin-gastelum-names-the-hardest-hitter-hes-ever-fought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-names-the-hardest-hitter-hes-ever-fought\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelvin Gastelum names the hardest hitter he&#8217;s ever fought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight contender Kelvin Gastelum has identified the hardest hitter he&#8217;s ever met inside the Octagon, and it&#8217;s none other than reigning UFC middleweight champ Israel Adesanya.<\/p>\n<p>Gastelum was asked to name the hardest puncher he&#8217;s fought to date by a fan on Twitter, and pointed to Adesanya, who remains the only fighter to drop him in the cage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The only person that has dropped me has been Izzy. So him. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iH80OASapG\">https:\/\/t.co\/iH80OASapG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KelvinGastelum\/status\/1301233543671021568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only person that has dropped me has been Izzy,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gastelum met Adesanya in early 2019, with the interim middleweight title on the line. The pair battled for five, frenetic rounds in one of the year&#8217;s best fights, with Adesanya ultimately winning by decision.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to another fan on Twitter, Gastelum admitted he didn&#8217;t expect Adesanya to be so resilient in their five-round war.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I did not expect Israel to be as tough as he was. The level of punishment taken on both sides would\u2019ve made many many many great fighters quit. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H7ATW2kLjx\">https:\/\/t.co\/H7ATW2kLjx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KelvinGastelum\/status\/1301234786439225344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I did not expect Israel to be as tough as he was,&#8221; Gastelum said. &#8220;The level of punishment taken on both sides would\u2019ve made many, many, many great fighters quit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gastelum was also asked whether he&#8217;d prefer a rematch with Adesanya, or a fresh fight with Paulo Costa, who will challenge the champion for the middleweight throne at UFC 253 in September. He clarified that his preference is for whoever leaves the cage with the middleweight title.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Whoever has the title <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xSIedxeCk7\">https:\/\/t.co\/xSIedxeCk7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KelvinGastelum\/status\/1301234973794545668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whoever has the title,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Kelvin Gastelum is currently on a three-fight skid, having come up short to Adesanya, Darren Till, and Jack Hermansson in his last three trips to the Octagon. 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