Bisping, Chiesa light up Kelvin Gastelum for' empty pledge' at UFC on ABC 6' Hold your head in shame'

There was little word dicing from a UFC Hall of Famer and imperishable bantamweight contender Saturday after UFC on ABC 6.

autotag) Kelvin Gastelum(/ autotag)( 19- 9 MMA, 13- 9 UFC) outworked Daniel Rodriguez( 17- 5 MMA, 7- 4 UFC) for a amicable decision on the main card in Saudi Arabia. Gastelum was the laying favorite in the fight. But the bout contract was inked for bantamweight. During fight week, Gastelum came in heavy – way heavy – and despite Rodriguez saying he offered a 180- pound catchweight, Gastelum supposedly could not hit that.

The fight settled in at heavyweight, where Gastelum has spent important of his career after multiple bantamweight attempts times back that redounded in weight misses, fight cancellations and plenitude of drama.But in late 2023, he made a successful return to 170 pounds, and speculation reached UFC on ABC 6 that that would be his new division.

 

His miss and request to fight a full 15 pounds over without waking the UFC, or his opponent, until deep into fight week drew the wrath of plenitude, and after the event, UFC Hall of Famer and former middleweight champion( autotag) Michael Bisping(/ autotag), who was an critic for the fight on the ABC broadcast, lit into Gastelum – who has a palm over Bisping.

"( Rodriguez) was confining in calories( during his camp)," Bisping said on the ESPNpost-fight show." He was not taking on the carbohydrates so that you recover from a training session – you lose muscle and all the rest of it because he was taking it seriously. He wanted to weigh in at 170 pounds, whereas Gastelum easily was not doing that throughout the training camp. So thus, you are stronger, you are more athletic, you recover from your training sessions hastily, and you come into the fight stronger and heavier.

" Both men had a tremendous fight. I allowed Daniel Rodriguez should be proud of himself – really, really pushed Gastelum to the limit. Gastelum, indeed though he was heavy, still managed to keep a good pace for 15 twinkles. The takedowns in Round 3 were kind of essential because Rodriguez was starting to find the mark on the pen. It was a great fight. It really was. Both men should be proud of themselves. But Kelvin Gastelum, regarding the weight situation, he should be shamed of himself."

Bisping was joined on thepost-fight show by current UFC bantamweight( autotag) Michael Chiesa(/ autotag), who took end at Gastelum, as well. He honed in on Gastelum'spost-fight interview in the pen with Daniel Cormier, in which when asked about the weight miss offered an reason to Dana White and the UFC, said he was trying to be a company man, and that it noway would be again.

But Chiesa sounded to indicate Gastelum knew all along he was not going to fight at bantamweight.

"Kelvin Gastelum's speed through the 15 flashes of the fight tells me that you did not try to apply pressure because if fame really

suffered trying to make weight and they miss, they are not suitable to sustain that type of pace," Chiesa said." That tells me he did not try. And the fact that he really veered Daniel Cormier's question in thepost-fight interview. He asked,' Hey, what was over with the weight miss?' and Kelvin fully veered from it and delivered formerly again – and I detest to be hard on the joe, but I've to; it's part of my job – you delivered another empty pledge that it will not be again.

"It happened too many times with Kelvin Gastelum. He shouldn't be allowed to subscribe a contract to fight at bantamweight ever again."

Gastelum won Season 17 of" The Ultimate Fighter" further than 11 times ago at heavyweight. He dropped to bantamweight for his coming bone , but after two fights at 170, he missed weight for the first time. A couple fights latterly, he missed by 10 pounds for a fight against Tyron Woodley. He was ordered up to heavyweight, but returned to 170 one fight latterly.

It was not long before he was back to scale issues, however, and at UFC 205, he did not indeed essay to get on the scale for a fight with Donald Cerrone. At that time, White said he would noway fight at 170 in the UFC again.

And at heavyweight, he stayed for times until a return to 170 in December – despite White saying that he would noway allow it – and a submission loss to Sean Brady. After the weight debacle in Saudi Arabia, White formerly again is offering up words of disappointment, but it remains to be seen in which division Gastelum will fight next.

``We talk about being a professional martial artist,'' Bisping said , that there are only two influences you can control. You see your weight.

– that isNo. 1 – and that you are inshape.However, and if you are tired after one round, go and find commodity differently to do, If you do not show up on weight.

" You subscribe a contract – both of you do. They vend tickets on it grounded upon that. You might be fighting for a worldchampionship.However, 15 pounds over, hold your head in shame, If you do not show up on weight."