{"id":395147,"date":"2021-09-24T04:48:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T11:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=395147"},"modified":"2021-09-24T04:48:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T11:48:38","slug":"kelvin-gastelum-plans-to-hire-a-dietitian-and-return-to-the-ufcs-welterweight-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-plans-to-hire-a-dietitian-and-return-to-the-ufcs-welterweight-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelvin Gastelum plans to hire a dietitian and return to the UFC\u2019s welterweight division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight Kelvin Gastelum has revealed that he&#8217;s considering hiring a dietitian to help him move back down to welterweight.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few years ago Gastelum was on the verge of winning the strap at 185 pounds but now, he&#8217;s lost five of his last six with many being left to question whether or not he&#8217;s really at that\u00a0<em>elite\u00a0<\/em>level anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Gastelum himself has been on the hunt for gold for longer than we can remember and as per a recent interview with The Schmo, that search may take him back down to 170 pounds.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kelvin Gastelum Considering Return to Welterweight, Hiring Dietician\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1d_7vepyeio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m thinking about. Maybe, possibly, hiring a dietitian [to help him] make the move down (to welterweight) but it\u2019ll take some time,\u201d Gastelum said. \u201cIf I do this, I\u2019ll be fighting next year which is most likely the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Quotes courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/kelvin-gastelum-to-hire-dietician-cut-down-to-170lbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LowKickMMA<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gastelum has plenty of experience down at welterweight but in order to compete with the big boys, and do it safely, he needs to do take a more measured approach &#8211; because he can&#8217;t afford another case of missing weight.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you think <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-issues-statement-following-loss-to-jared-cannonier-at-ufc-vegas-34\/\">Kelvin Gastelum<\/a> will go through with the move back down to welterweight? 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