{"id":75552,"date":"2013-11-22T07:54:53","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T15:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=75552"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:27:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:27:09","slug":"kelvin-gastelum-im-working-towards-being-a-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/kelvin-gastelum-im-working-towards-being-a-champ\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelvin Gastelum: I&#8217;m working towards being a champ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/kelvin-gastelumPNG.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75631\" title=\"kelvin gastelumPNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/kelvin-gastelumPNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/kelvin-gastelumPNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/kelvin-gastelumPNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/kelvin-gastelumPNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>21-year-old, Kelvin Gastelum (7-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC), was the surprise winner of \u201cThe Ultimate Fighter 17,\u201d upsetting tournament favorite, Uriah Hall, in the season\u2019s live finale, thus becoming the show&#8217;s middleweight winner.<\/p>\n<p>After his victory over Hall, Gastelum promptly dropped to the welterweight division (170 pounds) and earned an impressive first-round submission finish of Brian Melancon in August.<\/p>\n<p>Gastelum is currently sitting on the sidelines while he heals form surgery, but hopes to return to the octagon in Spring 2014 and start working his way towards a welterweight title shot, as he told MMAJunkie&#8217;s John Morgan:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019ve got somebody in mind, but I\u2019m not going to be calling anybody out or anything,\u201d <\/em>Gastelum said.<em> \u201cHopefully Joe Silva agrees with my idea. I\u2019m not going to say who, but yeah, I\u2019ve got somebody in mind.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u201cTUF 17\u2033 winner went on to say he was motivated by the epic clash between Georges St-Pierre and Johny Hendricks at this past weekend\u2019s UFC 167 event and looks forward to proving he belongs among the welterweight division\u2019s elite.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI will be back and better than ever,\u201d <\/em>Gastelum said.<em> \u201cI\u2019m working to become the next welterweight champion. After what I saw on Saturday, I know what I need to do. 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