Recent Articles on Sherdog.com · Feb 11, 2019
The Bottom Line: The Phony King of Middleweights
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When Robert Whittaker was forced to withdraw from his middleweight title defense against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 234 on Saturday in Melbourne, Australia, Gastelum was put in a tough position. He wasn’t going to receive the title shot for which he had trained, and his status was broadly uncertain in an increasingly crowded middleweight division. With that in mind, Gastelum and his advisers concocted a bold strategy: Embrace your inner troll.