Overview
- Gastelum weighed in at 191 pounds, five over the non-title middleweight limit, after arriving near the end of the weigh-in window.
- Stoltzfus successfully made 185.5 pounds and the matchup remains on Saturday’s main card at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio on ESPN+.
- The miss is Gastelum’s fourth in the UFC and his first at middleweight, following a pattern that previously included a 2016 failure that led to a canceled bout and NYSAC suspension.
- Gastelum apologized on social media, attributing the mistake to a sudden illness, as fighters and fans sharply criticized the lapse and urged UFC action.
- The 33-year-old is 3-7 in his past 10 outings and is coming off a June decision loss to Joe Pyfer, intensifying questions about his roster status.