Overview
- Official weigh-ins recorded Gastelum at 191 pounds, his first weight miss at middleweight, after arriving near the end of the window and later attributing the issue to illness.
- The bout with Dustin Stoltzfus proceeded at catchweight with Stoltzfus receiving 35% of Gastelum’s purse under commission-approved terms.
- Gastelum defeated Stoltzfus by unanimous decision with scorecards of 30-27 and 29-28 twice.
- Fighters and fans sharply criticized the repeat failure, with calls for Dana White to cut Gastelum, though no roster decision has been announced.
- Coverage notes Gastelum is 3-7 in his past 10 UFC appearances and cites conflicting tallies of his UFC weight misses, reported as either his fourth or fifth overall.