Kelvin Gastelum missed weight by a whopping five pounds at the official weigh-in session in San Antonio. The former middleweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter had missed weight twice before in the UFC, but both of those were for welterweight fights.
His weight miss this time around was at middleweight, and with Gastelum missing by such a wide margin, there were concerns that the fight might be pulled from the card.
However, his opponent Dustin Stoltzfus agreed to receive 35 percent of Gastelum’s fight purse and take the fight at a catchweight, so the pair will remain on the card, as scheduled.
The main event will feature a battle between two top-ranked featherweights as Brazilian rivals Diego Lopes and Jean Silva go head to head. Both men had no problem making weight, with Lopes hitting the 146-pound limit, while Silva arrived with half a pound to spare, at 145.5
The co-main event iwll see bantamweights Rob Font (135) and David Martinez (135.5) go head to head, while at lightweight, Rafa Garcia (155.5) takes on Jared Gordon (156).
Check out the full list of official weights below.
Noche UFC 3: Official weigh-in results
MAIN CARD
- Diego Lopes (146) vs Jean Silva (145.5)
- Rob Font (135) vs David Martinez (135.5)
- Rafa Garcia (155.5) vs Jared Gordon (156)
- Kelvin Gastelum (191*) vs Dustin Stoltzfus (185.5)
- Alexander Hernandez (155.5) vs Diego Ferreira (156)
- Santiago Luna (136) vs Quang Le (136)
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Jose Daniel Medina (186) vs Dusko Todorovic (186)
- Claudio Puelles (156) vs Joaquim Silva (156)
- Tatiana Suarez (115.5) vs Amanda Lemos (116)
- Jesus Aguilar (126) vs Luis Gurule (125.5)
- Zachary Reese (185.5) vs Sedriques Dumas (186)
- Alessandro Costa (125.5) vs Alden Coria (126)
- Montserrat Rendon (136) vs Alice Pereira (136)
- Rodrigo Sezinando (170.5) vs Daniil Donchenko (171)
* Gastelum missed weight by five pounds and forfeits 35 percent of his purse to Dustin Stoltzfus. The bout will go ahead as a catchweight contest.
