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Kelvin Gastelum unsurprised by Anderson Silva’s USADA failure, but happy for ‘much, much bigger fight’

Kelvin Gastelum lost an opportunity to test himself against Anderson Silva last week when the legendary former middleweight champion failed a USADA drug test ahead of UFC Shanghai. The failure represented Silva’s second run-in with banned substances over the past three years — “The Spider” served a one-year suspension after testing positive for two steroids in 2015 — yet for better or worse, Silva’s latest issues didn’t change the way Gastelum felt about the Brazilian, simply because Silva’s test results didn’t come as much of a surprise.

“It’s not like I dislike Anderson or I like him.