The UFC middleweight title picture may be muddied by two belts at the moment, but Kelvin Gastelum isn’t afraid to let it be known which titleholder he’s putting in his sights: UFC interim champion Robert Whittaker.
“I want to fight the No. 1 guy, and he’s definitely the No. 1 ranked guy,” Gastelum said Monday on The MMA Hour. “I don’t care about the interim belt, I want to fight the No. 1 ranked guy and that’s Robert Whittaker. I think I deserve a No. 1 ranked guy.”
Gastelum, 26, scored the best win of his career over the weekend, knocking out former UFC champion Michael Bisping in less than three minutes with a vicious finishing sequence at UFC Shanghai.