{"id":462266,"date":"2022-11-04T16:10:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T23:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=462266"},"modified":"2022-11-04T16:10:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T23:10:36","slug":"kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelvin Gastelum eyes potential return to welterweight after one more fight at middleweight: &#8220;It\u2019s not outside the realm of possibilities&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kelvin Gastelum is thinking about returning to welterweight.<\/p>\n<p>Gastelum fought at welterweight seven times inside the UFC but missed weight twice, including one when he weighed-in at 180lbs. After having trouble making weight he made the permanent move to welterweight in 2016 and had success right away. Gastelum 3-1 and one No Contest to earn an interim title shot which he lost to Israel Adesanya.<\/p>\n<p>Since the loss to Adesanya, Gastelum has gone 1-4 and in his last six he&#8217;s 1-5. As he&#8217;s set to return in January against Nasourdine Imavov, he revealed that this may be his final middleweight bout as he&#8217;s looking at returning to 170lbs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something that I\u2019ve thought about,\u201d Gastelum told <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/11\/ufc-news-kelvin-gastelum-welterweight-return-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a>. \u201cI want to take one more fight at 185 pounds, and then after that, we\u2019ll see if we make those changes to come back to 170. It\u2019s not outside the realm of possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Gastelum Wishes There Was A 175lbs Division<\/h3>\n<p>Gastelum would be another big name in the welterweight division if he does drop down. But, whether or not he can make the weight is another question, as for Gastelum he wishes there was a 175lbs division.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, definitely, I would\u2019ve benefited from an 175-pound category,\u201d Gastelum said. \u201cI would\u2019ve liked that, but it was never made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelvin Gastelum (16-8 and one No Contest) is set to headline the first UFC event of 2023 against Imavov. Should he win, he would be back fighting top-10 opponents while a loss would likely put him out of the rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Gastelum last fought in August of 2021 when he dropped a decision to Jared Cannonier. He was supposed to fight Dricus du Plessis at UFC 273 in April <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kelvin-gastelum\/kelvin-gastelum-forced-out-of-his-ufc-273-fight-against-dricus-du-plessis\/\">but suffered an injury<\/a>. On the skid, he dropped a decision to Robert Whittaker after defeating Ian Heinisch.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to see Kelvin Gastelum return to welterweight? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelvin Gastelum is thinking about returning to welterweight. Gastelum fought at welterweight seven times inside the UFC but missed weight twice, including one when he weighed-in at 180lbs. After having trouble making weight he made the permanent move to welterweight in 2016 and had success right away. Gastelum 3-1 and one No Contest to earn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":438254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10397,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kelvin Gastelum eyes potential return to welterweight after one more fight at middleweight: &quot;It\u2019s not outside the realm of possibilities&quot; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kelvin Gastelum is thinking about returning to welterweight as he says his fight against Nassourdine Imavov may be his last at middleweight.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kelvin Gastelum eyes potential return to welterweight after one more fight at middleweight: &quot;It\u2019s not outside the realm of possibilities&quot; | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kelvin Gastelum is thinking about returning to welterweight as he says his fight against Nassourdine Imavov may be his last at middleweight.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-04T23:10:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Kelvin-Gastelum.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cole Shelton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cole Shelton\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cole Shelton\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/700e11a4d77666aed250058808e16134\"},\"headline\":\"Kelvin Gastelum eyes potential return to welterweight after one more fight at middleweight: &#8220;It\u2019s not outside the realm of possibilities&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-04T23:10:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-04T23:10:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/\"},\"wordCount\":340,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Kelvin Gastelum\",\"UFC\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2022\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/\",\"name\":\"Kelvin Gastelum eyes potential return to welterweight after one more fight at middleweight: \\\"It\u2019s not outside the realm of possibilities\\\" | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-04T23:10:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-04T23:10:36+00:00\",\"description\":\"Kelvin Gastelum is thinking about returning to welterweight as he says his fight against Nassourdine Imavov may be his last at middleweight.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"UFC\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Kelvin Gastelum eyes potential return to welterweight after one more fight at middleweight: &#8220;It\u2019s not outside the realm of possibilities&#8221;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/700e11a4d77666aed250058808e16134\",\"name\":\"Cole Shelton\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/cole-shelton\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kelvin Gastelum eyes potential return to welterweight after one more fight at middleweight: \"It\u2019s not outside the realm of possibilities\" | BJPenn.com","description":"Kelvin Gastelum is thinking about returning to welterweight as he says his fight against Nassourdine Imavov may be his last at middleweight.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kelvin Gastelum eyes potential return to welterweight after one more fight at middleweight: \"It\u2019s not outside the realm of possibilities\" | BJPenn.com","og_description":"Kelvin Gastelum is thinking about returning to welterweight as he says his fight against Nassourdine Imavov may be his last at middleweight.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2022-11-04T23:10:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Kelvin-Gastelum.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cole Shelton","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cole Shelton","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/"},"author":{"name":"Cole Shelton","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/700e11a4d77666aed250058808e16134"},"headline":"Kelvin Gastelum eyes potential return to welterweight after one more fight at middleweight: &#8220;It\u2019s not outside the realm of possibilities&#8221;","datePublished":"2022-11-04T23:10:36+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-04T23:10:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/"},"wordCount":340,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Kelvin Gastelum","UFC"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2022","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/","name":"Kelvin Gastelum eyes potential return to welterweight after one more fight at middleweight: \"It\u2019s not outside the realm of possibilities\" | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-11-04T23:10:36+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-04T23:10:36+00:00","description":"Kelvin Gastelum is thinking about returning to welterweight as he says his fight against Nassourdine Imavov may be his last at middleweight.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kelvin-gastelum-eyes-potential-return-to-welterweight-after-one-more-fight-at-middleweight-its-not-outside-the-realm-of-possibilities\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"UFC","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Kelvin Gastelum eyes potential return to welterweight after one more fight at middleweight: &#8220;It\u2019s not outside the realm of possibilities&#8221;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/700e11a4d77666aed250058808e16134","name":"Cole Shelton","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/cole-shelton\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}