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Empathetic toward Gastelum, who missed weight and then lost a split decision to Woodley (18-3-1 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC), “T-Wood” then said he would send back the $9,000 he pocketed when Gastelum was fined 30 percent of his purse.
As it turned out, Woodley followed through on his promise. Only Gastelum didn’t want the money. The idea of getting reimbursed for a mistake only made him feel worse about it.
“(Woodley) contacted me and told me, ‘Hey, where can I send this check?’ And I told him, ‘Man, please don’t send that check,'” Gastelum said at a media luncheon in support of his meeting with Rondaldo Souza (25-5 MMA, 8-2 UFC) next week at UFC 224. “‘Don’t. I don’t want it. I don’t deserve it.'”
He looked up the gym that I trained at and sent it there,” Gastelum said. “And then I got the check, and I was like, ‘All right.’ What am I going to do, rip it up? Should I have? I don’t know.”
Gastelum later clarified he didn’t receive the full $9,000 (in fairness, Woodley would have had to pay taxes on the income, anyway, even after giving it back), and his manager, Ali Abdelaziz verified that claim. However, neither wanted to divulge the final amount, choosing instead to simply praise Woodley’s character for following through on his promise.
For now, Gastelum is making his money at middleweight, where he’s on the fast track after a knockout of ex-champ Michael Bisping. He faces “Jacare” Souza on May 12 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro in a pay-per-view bout.
http://mmajunkie.com/2018/05/kelvin-gastelum-champ-tyron-woodley-ufc-183-9000-dollars
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As it turned out, Woodley followed through on his promise. Only Gastelum didn’t want the money. The idea of getting reimbursed for a mistake only made him feel worse about it.
“(Woodley) contacted me and told me, ‘Hey, where can I send this check?’ And I told him, ‘Man, please don’t send that check,'” Gastelum said at a media luncheon in support of his meeting with Rondaldo Souza (25-5 MMA, 8-2 UFC) next week at UFC 224. “‘Don’t. I don’t want it. I don’t deserve it.'”
He looked up the gym that I trained at and sent it there,” Gastelum said. “And then I got the check, and I was like, ‘All right.’ What am I going to do, rip it up? Should I have? I don’t know.”
Gastelum later clarified he didn’t receive the full $9,000 (in fairness, Woodley would have had to pay taxes on the income, anyway, even after giving it back), and his manager, Ali Abdelaziz verified that claim. However, neither wanted to divulge the final amount, choosing instead to simply praise Woodley’s character for following through on his promise.
For now, Gastelum is making his money at middleweight, where he’s on the fast track after a knockout of ex-champ Michael Bisping. He faces “Jacare” Souza on May 12 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro in a pay-per-view bout.
http://mmajunkie.com/2018/05/kelvin-gastelum-champ-tyron-woodley-ufc-183-9000-dollars
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