Tag: Kelvin Gastelum

Kelvin Gastelum is a professional mixed martial artist. He was born on 24 October 1991 in San Jose, California in the United States of America.

He took up mixed martial arts professionally during his college days and had his first professional fight in 2010.

In 2013, Gastelum had the opportunity to fight for The Ultimate Fighter and won the tournament. He also won the 2014 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year.

His UFC career started in 2013. He currently competes in the middleweight division and has a career record of 18-8-1NC

Kelvin Gastelum MMA career

Since his high school days, Kelvin had been a skilled fighter and decided to take up MMA professionally. He fought his first professional bout in Mexico in December 2010, against Jose Sanchez. 

After making his name by winning the Ultimate Fighter and 2014, breakthrough MMA Fighter of the Year. He got his chance to fight in the UFC in 2013 against Paulo Thiago. 

Gastelum has tasted defeat eight times in his UFC career out of the 19 matches he’s participated in. He holds the 11th spot in the middleweight division rankings currently after his recent win against Chris Curtis at UFC 287.

Kelvin Gastelum ethnicity and nationality

Kelvin Gastelum is a Mexican-American fighter who holds citizenship from the United States.

Kelvin Gastelum career losses

Kelvin Gastelum has been a part of 25 MMA fights in his career so far and he has been defeated in only 8 of those. His most recent one came against Jared Cannonier in 2021. 

Kelvin Gastelum girlfriend

Kelvin Gastelum has been dating Lena Pattyson who is also his strength and conditioning coach. Lena is based out of California.

She is a fitness freak and shares insights into her workout regime and healthy life through our social media handles. 

Kelvin Gastelum net worth

As of 2022, the UFC fighter has an approximate net worth of $1.5 million. He has been in the octagon for quite some time now, which has helped him add to his glorious net worth. His highest rewarding fight earned him $230,000, was against Israel Adesanya at UFC 236 in April 2019.

Considering he is 31 years old, it is expected of him to add to his already lucrative net worth.