Kelvin Gastelum and Israel Adesanya Credit score: Mike Sloan/Sherdog.com
Neither man has even completed their preventing careers, however Israel Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum are headed to the UFC Corridor of Fame.
Throughout Saturday’s UFC 312 broadcast, promotion officers introduced that Adesanya vs. Gastelum, which occurred at UFC 236 in Atlanta, Georgia on April 13, 2019, was headed to the Corridor’s Battle Wing as a part of the Class of 2025.
Adesanya was readily available on the Qudos Financial institution Enviornment in Sydney, Australia when the consideration was introduced.
The 2019 middleweight battle went the complete 5 rounds, and resulted in Adesanya profitable gold for the primary time in his UFC profession – within the type of an interim title. He’d go on to unify the promotion’s 185lb title when he confronted Robert Whittaker that October, and from there turn into considered one of combined martial arts’ largest stars.
Gastelum, the opposite half of the Corridor of Fame-worthy battle, received The Final Fighter 17 as a middleweight in 2013. His UFC profession has been a little bit of a curler coaster, with effectively documented weight struggles forcing him again to 185lbs after a stint at welterweight. Regardless of that, as just lately as June, Gastelum was seen incomes a win over Daniel “D-Rod” Rodriguez.
Each males stay energetic within the UFC ranks, with Israel Adesanya falling to Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Saudi Arabia earlier this month.
