UFC 205: Kelvin Gastelum won't fight Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone after missing weight

Joe Rodgers

UFC 205: Kelvin Gastelum won't fight Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone after missing weight image

UFC welterweight standout Kelvin Gastelum has stepped up since fighting as a Lightweight but the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 17 apparently stepped on the scale well over the welterweight limit and likely won't fight Donald Cerrone on Saturday at UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden.

Gastelum apologized on Twitter for missing weight Friday. 

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"I will not be fighting Cowboy Cerrone [to]morrow on account that I couldn't make the weight limit. I apologize [to] Cowboy you are a legend. God bless. I'm sorry to my team, my friends and the people that genuinely care for me. Extremely disappointed I will have to reevaluate things in my life. No one is perfect. We all have bad days but I promise it will not happen again. I will comeback stronger like I have before. Until next time."

According to reporters at the weigh-in, Cerrone is livid and has every right to be after he originally was scheduled to take on former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler at UFC 205 but that fight had to be scrapped as well after Lawler needed more time to heal from a knockout at UFC 201.

 

 

 

Joe Rodgers