Please cut Gastelum !

Meh. None of Gastelum's losses are to cans and while he's not having a lot of great fights he's not having hard to watch fights either. He's fine to keep around as a gatekeeper to ranked fights--beat him and get a ranked fighter--or in some similar role. Non-jobber meat is a valuable MMA commodity. Yes, he shouldn't be on PPV main cards, but if he wants to keep fighting in the UFC there's space for him to do so.
 
Dicentim said:
Come on....
The guy is on a 3-7 run and hasn't won before the limit since 2017.
His shape shows how professional he is...
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He needs to go on Ozempic, he clearly has an eating disorder - i think alot of fighters have eating disorders tbh. I lost 40lbs in the last 3 months on Ozempic, i train MMA but am no where close to being a pro fighter - but i can see clearly now alot of problems we share. Binge eating out of camp, fixation on food, addiction issues with weed and drink - honestly it has changed my whole life.
 
JBJ was here said:
Meh. None of Gastelum's losses are to cans and while he's not having a lot of great fights he's not having hard to watch fights either. He's fine to keep around as a gatekeeper to ranked fights--beat him and get a ranked fighter--or in some similar role. Non-jobber meat is a valuable MMA commodity. Yes, he shouldn't be on PPV main cards, but if he wants to keep fighting in the UFC there's space for him to do so.
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Gatekeeper? Gastelum at this point in his career is hardly even a Contender Series gatekeeper… he’s sloppy, out of shape, uninspired, and pretty much just jobbing for a paycheck.


Joe Pyfer himself is a jobber, the UFC was adamant in feeding him this current version of Gastelum because he can’t beat any legit fighters.
 
Why would they cut him when they can keep putting him on PPV main cards, make the exact same money and even get a bunch of halfwits to spend their time coming on Shitdog to defend it?

It's good for a laugh at the expense of ESPN and the fools who buy tickets. If I was running the UFC under the ESPN deal, Kris Moutinho would be in PPV co-mains.
 
Leviticus said:
He needs to go on Ozempic, he clearly has an eating disorder - i think alot of fighters have eating disorders tbh. I lost 40lbs in the last 3 months on Ozempic, i train MMA but am no where close to being a pro fighter - but i can see clearly now alot of problems we share. Binge eating out of camp, fixation on food, addiction issues with weed and drink - honestly it has changed my whole life.
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you got ozempic dick?
 
Feed him to Costa for a highlight ko then cut him
 
We don't need to cut every fighter just because they are on a losing streak.

This guy is has been a ranked and headline fighter for a long time. How about the company shows guys like this some loyalty in return for their years of service?

Unless the drop off is dramatic and the chin is dangerously gone, stop racing to cut every losing fighter. You're better off with a name like Kelvin Gastelum than you are a bunch of forgettable eastern European wrestlers.
 
They could feed him a high-end jobber like Kevin Holland or Bo Nickel to get him back in the win column.
 
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