Chris Weidman vs Kelvin Gastelum | FULL FIGHT | UFC Atlantic City

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[Applause] Calvin gasin the Southpaw in the blue trunks Chris wadman out of the Orthodox stances in Black now out the back C likes to set his rhythm with his jab his right hook left straight those are his best combinations right there that’s what you’ll see a lot of and that

Left high kick he throws very well [Applause] too and like Gasson owning the center of the Octagon not allowing Weidman to pressure him get his back to the fence Wiman very effective do that we saw that in the machita fight able to back him up and keep macha’s back on the fence all

Night limit his space if and when Weidman choose to shoot he’s got an excellent snatch single he just grabs that lead leg and pulls it right out from under you well when you talk to Matt Sarah Ray Longo the widman camp they still believe that they host the number one

Middleweight in the world and they feel like widman is prime to prove just that here tonight he is the betting Underdog against Kelvin Gastelum no significant strike of the fight right there it’s a right hand for Chris waten he’s doing an excellent job of fighting long he ears a 7-in reach

Advantage he’s maximizing that now as much as he can keep gastam on the outside the [Applause] better cin looking for that right hook but wman keep keeps touching the lead hand so he can’t really time it the way he wants to he’s beating him to the hook

And wiman’s beating the lead leg of gin right now and it’s causing him some issues nice take down beautiful T by nice TI little attempt to at least create a scramble and that’s what what G does well is he creates scrambles let’s see if W can just control him from the

Top this is wrestling 101 hand control from the referee’s position as they call it in wrestling and this is where wide moon will be the most comfortable and he cannot get greedy here widman talked about holding his position if he gets greedy with his ground and pound that’s what happens and

We saw gastam get up from this position against Tim Kennedy who’s one of the heaviest guys I’ve ever grappled with and that Kennedy win a huge source of confidence for Kelvin Gaston looking across the Octagon at a man of that size and depth good start for Chris Weidman here excellent job maintaining top

Position though for Weidman and now you see him holding you trained a lot with John Don her one of the best grappling Minds in martial arts and now you’re seeing him be patient hold position here so he can Pace himself appropriately in this fight and not have to take a guy down three

And four times around that you did against [Applause] M all right into the right corner now Matt you want to put the pressure good Chris look for kamora he’s going to give the backup Chris got the here take your time keep your chest on his elbow yes it up take your

Time take it left and take it right if you go for it you rip it first and that is beautiful prining that little subtle aspect keep your chest over his elbow that’s not solely to just threaten the submission that’s to keep on top and not lose it and allow gas to scramble S

Turn is ripping koras and right now we got widely going for it man that’s exactly right mat s the noral rip a Kor two in the gym strong start here for wman just over a minute to go round one great defense but Gast man that thing was deep and he got out incredible

Show see how strong this kid is people talk about being undersized for the weight class but man he’s certainly strong enough for it absolutely this is where we find out if this is gast’s weight class or not to be honest this right here he comes out here

And keeps fighting as well as he is right now I mean it’s hard to argue that he’s not comfortable he convinced me in his last two fights you know vour B for Tim Kennedy those are no slouches man man and he looked phenomenal and he

Knows he’s got to play a long game in this fight we saw it this fight against Neil Magny where he lost the first first three rounds but he came back strong rounds four and five it was a closely contested fight but his ability to thrive in those Championship rounds is

Something widman has on his mind right now what I love is Gast isn’t wasting any energy he’s just calm cool collected hanging out he knows this is five rounds and he has no rush and it’s very good p the right hook left straight that is his bus punch his heart back he might

Finish it right here ladies and gentlemen if he gets away there’s the what a crazy end of the first round a big moment for Kelvin gelum we will stay here get up it’s that right hook that he he just gets that angle once he once he misses that right hook right underneath

The counter of cryst land the right left hand sorry and when gon smells blood I’ll tell you what this kid very aggressive I think he I think Gast him by his Tempo and the way he’s looking he just knows he has to step the Tak Downs

Of Chris and then be patient on his feet and he can get it yeah he looks like lows him the sleep a little bit you know play in front of you play in front of you then bam all of a sudden explode catches your sleeper wman two for two on his takedown

Attempts thus far and later tonight don’t miss a complete recap of all the action on Long Island on the post show tonight after the main event over on FS2 or watch it live on Fox Sports Go right hand landed by wman realistically one of the problems for wman here is that he’s backing

Straight up on gin and that’s allowing G to land these punches if he curves and angles it takes that that away got to Circle and not back straight up when Calin decides to move forward importantly exchange here for Wyman take down would be huge for him right

Now nicely done and when you’re that much longer than your opponent tricks like that little ankle picks are there for you and look how hard gas is to hold down he’s just on the Right Moves he’s on the hands like he should be and this

Will allow him to be able to bring that elbow in between him and widman that hand control right is key Gast one 10th planet jiujitsu purple belt against the accomplished Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Chris wadman widen with his long arms a very underrated submission you talked to a

Lot of the guys that train at henzo Gracie’s you know he they all tell you how good his chokes are from both rear naked when he’s got your back and the front headlock sequence unofficially the fourth take down secure for Chris wman again now working off the Kelvin G’s back

Here wman to United States Brazilian jiu-jitsu Champion back in 2009 G just doesn’t stop standing up and this is when it gets tired for widman because right now GM just says it’s okay keep pressing up keep standing up you can take me down again I’ll keep standing up doesn’t matter GM will just

Lean against the fence and let wman waste his energy trying to take him down and try to open up with the side look B space there was just resting it against the fence for a moment I mean the kid is that countless cardio and you’re right

There is a cost to this kind of game for Chris Wyman can he maintain it this is where Chris can now was now that he’s now that g accepted the take down and went to full guard now Chris can kind of get a B so five takedowns for Chris wman that

Ties his personal best in the UFC and we are just 8 minutes into this one close guard for Kelvin Gast eating elbows now maybe a little bit too comfortable on his back right now what could he do to get up here Stan you think you know he’s got the wrist

Control he’s got to open up the guard push on the hips create space the more he could force Chris Wyman to have to take him down the better off RS three four and five are going to be for him and that was his mindset coming in I get

Better as the fight goes on this kid’s going to fade you make them fade my fault wrestlers they took it down repeatedly I just kept it and every time they took me back down I knew I was R trting the you feel like might turning his head away from the Octagon fence cuz

He knows G keeps getting up with absolutely he’s he’s very bright he’s doing a nice job pulling on the head Landing his elbows staying busy enough that Jonathan not even talking to him about standing them up very smart and he’s regaining all his energy he used his take Downs while he’s inside this

Guard big control time here for Chris wman less than a minute not to go round two gosin willing to just give this round up clearly to knowing I they still have three rounds to win this who knows how they score round one right it looked like he was

Going widman’s way and then he gets dropped that’s that’s a tough the composure of gastam is just something else I mean he’s just grown so much since the since the beginning of his career here he’s moving right now in this position but he’s in this fight completely and it’s fun to

Watch watch these guys grow in the in the Octagon is cool the BR [Applause] nice pressure by this his open m grapp was up there with some of the best that fence evens things off the so a strong answer for wadman and round crew right back with round

Three him after round two that he feels like he’s two rounds down might not be the case you like the message I Dom and I both love that message why tell your fighter one round one if you’re not sure you want him more aggressive let him

Know that he lost two rounds and look how Gaston’s coming out right now Gaston’s plan was to take it e of the first two and split the last three is what it looks like or his coaches just got to him like they should have yeah beautiful jab by gasum to split that widman

Guard widman’s upset saying a finger in the [Applause] eye close the hand Chris that’s beautiful set up St for the take down now what in the Ling hands nice head movement By Gast him to stem the tide [Applause] there set up though as he faked that

Single leg and came back up with the right hand beautiful stuff from widman and now widman motioning Gastelum on Chris doing a nice job keeping that right hand high but the jab is there for Kelvin Gastelum when Gast lands that jab look for the right hook up straight next beautiful right

Hand by Wiman yes wait man cat that that Tak down he got yo Romero with that taked down a couple of times that’s not an easy one to escape with that s snatch single Chris Weidman excellent job by Gaston just over 3 minutes here in round three

The kicks landed for watman 11 of 16 gas him not nearly as many kicks as we’ve seen out of him recently yeah obviously the threat of the taked down is the reason why and another easy one for widman he’s going to take the back again this is a position he’s had some success

With let’s see if he can pull him away from the fence though like he did last round cuz that’s where he’s going to be able to control gasing open that is key for widman to be able to maintain control of gasing that’s Pro if he G

Near the fence he can wear Chris up while resting leaning against the fence so I’d like to see W Dr to the center and just use that free open that space put the top and this partisan crowd just waiting to explode for Chris Wiman with every Tak down they pop that

Is number seven I believe unofficially for Chris wman two better than his previous career high in the UFC that’s the exact same transitional taked down we just saw Darren Alin hit in the last five he switch being behind on the fence switching to the double as the man tries to tear you

Off the fence and then you switch to the double very nice byman now he’s going back to the camar pulls him away from the fence though but look at gon scramble excellent job but widman knows it he’s trying to keep this kid away from that fence good beautiful

Fantastic G trying to fight hands here nice job by gas room to prevent them there reading you’re doing beautiful take your time if you can get his his shoulders to the mat do it it nice Chris we can do that strangle if you feel it working on a head arm choke get

It he’s pressing up on his toes the way he should this is getting Tighter and Tighter that is super tight J handing him as tough as he can Chris wman RS him up on the island the All American is back [Applause] wow Chris Lyman has done it his father Charlie is

Here wman calling for his wife an outpouring of emotion Chris weidman’s mom he’s calling her over well this is a man who knocked out Anderson Silva became the middleweight champion it’s going to be a hard moment for wman to [Applause] talk absolutely incredible ladies and gentlemen referee

Big John McCarthy is called the stop to this contest at 3 minutes 45 seconds of round number three declaring the winner by submission due to an armed triangle choke the all amican [Applause] fin