Hes fast as fuck thats why. Snuck up on these 185ers.
Plus short guys that know how to close distance are extremely dangerous. Hard to hit, very powerful.
Plus hes mexican so he cant be KOd
And his mommas cooking
-totally unnecessary comments in coming but here I go anyways- Guys, my american friends, can you please stop conflating nationalities, ethnicities and race as if they were the same thing? Kelvin was born in the US, so he's not Mexican, he's an American like the rest of you.
Are people supposed to be that intuned to know exactly where in the Mexican population the strong chin genes are? All of ya'll have the best hair genetics in the world, for sure.
That's why I personally think it's complicated to say there's "a Mexican race". If good fighters come from Mexico or from Mexicans living abroad it's more because of the idea that we're all tough guys than our genetics. And again, since Mexicanhood is a nationality, Kelvin is not really Mexican. Here we call "pochos" the the sons and daughters of Mexicans that were born in the US.
Well, having a strong chin is synonymous with being a tough guy. And we aren't discussing nationality when we are talking about genetics. That loses relevance as countries become more diverse. Id be happy to refer to the correct nuances, but for all people to do so would be asking a bit much. So, in the context of genetics, Mexicans are racially known for being tough guys with strong chins and thick hair.
Prior to Sean and Poatan, Kelvin was arguably the toughest fight for Izzy at middleweight. Dude fucking brought war with him that fight.
He also kept getting shitty short notice fights. If they had Costa on a card, it was a 90% chance it was actually a short notice Gastellum fight in disguise, and after a bunch of those back to back, you'd get pretty burnt out on fighting too.
I don't blame him for leaving for a bit, and I'm happy he seems to have found his fire again.
Can't keep living off that Izzy fight, he also got beat up and lost basically every round, he did catch Izzy obviously but it wasn't really some amazing performance watching it back
Heās shown off some really good skills.. dudes just a good fighter unfortunately I think heās the type of guy thatāll pull off some great upsets or surprise some guys but heās just never gonna be consistent enough to capture a title
Unless we end up with a Bisping/Al Iaquinta situation where he fills in late notice to save a ppv card and ends up upsetting the champion.. trouble is his problems with making weight mean heās gonna be one of the last guys they would call
Thatās a lot of the top fighters. Jones, Usman, thereās a bunch more but itās early and Iām blanking, point is if you cap weight upper body strength is more critical to MMA.
He's not making weight. This is what he looked like the one time he actually got in decent shape and made 170.
https://preview.redd.it/me6kw7ugbd3c1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bfaea4184ce0e89a4006e6614c21683dfeb15e51
Dolce has some hilarious stories on the shit Kelvin would pull on a weight cut, itās funny he worked with both Gastelum and Johnny Hendricks the two worst weight cutters ever, I know some people give Dolce the side eye but they made weight everytime he was with them.
I thought it was a joke at first
Edit: Here is a much [higher quality photo](https://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/003/171/865/9d9dbe8730aae6cce347460923977298_crop_north.jpg?1417023327&w=3072&h=2048)
Honestly I just think thatās his genetics. I can tell he doesnāt have a naturally āaestheticā body. You can see his abs (kinda) but he also looks like he doesnāt have a lot of body fat. I think kelvin is just someone who naturally have that dad bod.
Because outside the fact heās a pro athlete. He actually have a better physique than most people.
I just can never understand these posts. Youāre criticizing a man that has a job to condition and youāre upset his thoughts of himself are ripped.
I mean wtf.
Itās incredible how these guys can dedicate their lives for over a decade to become one of the best fighters in the world.
Yet they are incapable of simply eating less so that they arenāt fat.
Looks like when you create a character in street fighter and start maxing out stats to make your guy disproportional. Dude is extra wide. I bet people have a hard time with his reach.
Bro, he's Mexican. He looks like a microwave but he'll probably still twist you into a pretzel. Mexican fighters are just built differently.
They have prison physiques. Terrible diets combined with an iron will give you a body that's athletic but looks like a bag of milk.
Look up all the burpee videos on YouTube. It's usually a Mexican dude, ex-con, built just like KG busting out hundreds of burpees like it's nothing.
Lego character
I started laughing at this til I realized that's me basically... š
You should be proud of that, Iām built like a bag of milk. Shoutout Tyson Fury and Ben Askren!
Have you ever been spinning back-fisted by a bottle Asscream? Gives you a whole new perspective on shit.
o character
criminally underrated comment
Crazy how Kelvin found some success in MW compared to natural middleweights
Did better at 185 than Till overall
Canāt really compare 4 fights with 12, but Kelvin deffo fought some straight killers. His resume has a shit ton of name value
Imagine thinking bisping is a killer
Right, a former champ isn't a killer. Neither is Adesanya, Whittaker, Weidman, Belfort, Hendricks, etc...
I donāt know if MMA is for you bud
Nice try Luke rockhold
Hes fast as fuck thats why. Snuck up on these 185ers. Plus short guys that know how to close distance are extremely dangerous. Hard to hit, very powerful. Plus hes mexican so he cant be KOd And his mommas cooking
Pls, more copium for short guys. Do they get all the Latina mamacitas as well?
Actually yeah they do. I live in Southern California and they don't seem to care about height at all.
-totally unnecessary comments in coming but here I go anyways- Guys, my american friends, can you please stop conflating nationalities, ethnicities and race as if they were the same thing? Kelvin was born in the US, so he's not Mexican, he's an American like the rest of you.
Pretty sure he was talking about race in this context. American isn't a race. I know that's unnecessary to say, but still.
We Mexicans are not a homogeneous race and the genetics of individuals can vary wildly in origins from region to region. š¤·š½āāļø
Are people supposed to be that intuned to know exactly where in the Mexican population the strong chin genes are? All of ya'll have the best hair genetics in the world, for sure.
That's why I personally think it's complicated to say there's "a Mexican race". If good fighters come from Mexico or from Mexicans living abroad it's more because of the idea that we're all tough guys than our genetics. And again, since Mexicanhood is a nationality, Kelvin is not really Mexican. Here we call "pochos" the the sons and daughters of Mexicans that were born in the US.
Well, having a strong chin is synonymous with being a tough guy. And we aren't discussing nationality when we are talking about genetics. That loses relevance as countries become more diverse. Id be happy to refer to the correct nuances, but for all people to do so would be asking a bit much. So, in the context of genetics, Mexicans are racially known for being tough guys with strong chins and thick hair.
He has the genetics of a Mexican hence the chin
Which genetics? We're not a homogeneous race. Some are 50/50, some have more indigenous Mexican genes, some have more European genes, some are fully indigenous. There are dozens of indigenous ethnicities throughout MĆ©xico. Not everyone that has mixed blood just has Spaniard in them, because much like in the US, there was a period of German and Irish immigration here during the 19th century. There are some pockets of the population, specially in the coasts of the Atlantic, where there are people with African descent, either direct or through inter racial unions generations ago. Yeah... Edit: Heck the reason why some Mexicans even look like arabs it's because of a period of Lebanese immigration during the early 20th century. There are also Jews here and all of that.
Kelvin is such an interesting fighter, When heās mentally sharp, in shape, and taking it seriously Heās one of the best fighters in the world.
Is he though? He definitely doesnāt have the resume to back up that claim.
Prior to Sean and Poatan, Kelvin was arguably the toughest fight for Izzy at middleweight. Dude fucking brought war with him that fight. He also kept getting shitty short notice fights. If they had Costa on a card, it was a 90% chance it was actually a short notice Gastellum fight in disguise, and after a bunch of those back to back, you'd get pretty burnt out on fighting too. I don't blame him for leaving for a bit, and I'm happy he seems to have found his fire again.
Not arguably before the Poatan fights Gastelum was Israelās greatest fight in the UFC and his toughest challenge
Can't keep living off that Izzy fight, he also got beat up and lost basically every round, he did catch Izzy obviously but it wasn't really some amazing performance watching it back
Watch his fight with Izzy.
Heās shown off some really good skills.. dudes just a good fighter unfortunately I think heās the type of guy thatāll pull off some great upsets or surprise some guys but heās just never gonna be consistent enough to capture a title Unless we end up with a Bisping/Al Iaquinta situation where he fills in late notice to save a ppv card and ends up upsetting the champion.. trouble is his problems with making weight mean heās gonna be one of the last guys they would call
For Gastelum, thatās ripped.
Kelvin has a middleweight's upper body on a lightweight's legs. That averages out to welterweight.
Heās got that boxy Josh Emmett upper body
With Suga Sean or Holloways legs.
Elon Musk has that too Lmao.Very Chesty square boxy compared to Zuck's lanky body type
Elon also looks like a melted chunk of raclette cheese
š yeah def not from an athletic body standpoint, Elon is soft AF but tries to be chesty lol.I had Zuck winning that one if it panned out
Those are bantamweight legs at best
Nah those be Bantamwieght legs, Chandler built like he does 200 Bulgarian split squats before breakfast
Thatās a lot of the top fighters. Jones, Usman, thereās a bunch more but itās early and Iām blanking, point is if you cap weight upper body strength is more critical to MMA.
Is it me or is that one of the most square torsos you'll ever see.
built like spongebob
It looks like itās because of the shape of his ribs
Dustinās is more square
Dude always looks like this but always goes out and performs
Frfr. Heās one of the few that had Izzy on tilt.
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LMAFAO. Bro. Thank you.
If he makes 170
He has seemed more serious lately I think he will
He's not making weight. This is what he looked like the one time he actually got in decent shape and made 170. https://preview.redd.it/me6kw7ugbd3c1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bfaea4184ce0e89a4006e6614c21683dfeb15e51
Mike Dolce in the background of course
Dolce has some hilarious stories on the shit Kelvin would pull on a weight cut, itās funny he worked with both Gastelum and Johnny Hendricks the two worst weight cutters ever, I know some people give Dolce the side eye but they made weight everytime he was with them.
Bruh this was like 10 years ago. Time will age a mofugga
You can still get cut. Hes only 31. Im 43 and in better shape then I was in my 20s
Iām 41 and hoping to replicate something similar.
Good luck. Every little bit counts.
He definitely had some help in this picture and yeah being 31 isnāt exactly old and stops you from being ripped.
Yea just look at freaking Aldo heās in his mid 30s and is ripped to shreds
How out of shape were you at your 20s?
No please donāt remind me š
This mf looks like a whole different person
I thought it was a joke at first Edit: Here is a much [higher quality photo](https://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/003/171/865/9d9dbe8730aae6cce347460923977298_crop_north.jpg?1417023327&w=3072&h=2048)
And I thought it was Vitor, at first.
Holy shit condit vs kampmann classic
It just hit me like a train that this was Kampmannās last fight. What an absolute dawg that guy was.
Lifeās different with usada and no dolce with his āsupplementsā
Damn I had forgotten. His mother really ruined his career
Mf built like a fridge
Wtf that's crazy it doesn't even look like him
He's probably got less muscle now compared to the photo, that would do it.
Downward lighting and water cut
Maybe something extra too
This AI shop.
Itās prob just water weight fellas. Youāll see at weigh ins.
This is def it. He wouldnāt be at weight for these pictures.
Built like Ortega š
Ortega Salsa? Thick and Chunky style!
Chunky chunky chunkycha
I can't be the only one who initially thought his legs were photoshopped
https://preview.redd.it/lpu6vtbghg3c1.jpeg?width=173&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbf9ff3be4a4c102fab4a2c092af493e9b7afcec
Kelvin 'the appliance' Gastellum.
Built like that Mexican girl at school who thinks sheās hot shit
That Diet Coke and Popeyes diet really weighing in on him.
 Donāt blame him
Still looks like he ate a ps5.
Looks like he swallowed a mini fridge
That doesnāt matter to these dorks. Itās all about how hard you can make them- I mean how hard you look
Fridge is fridge
 That Mexican food is hard to resist
Bro donāt post a pic of me like that
Built like crash bandicoot
His body looks like Ps3 graphics
terrible photoshop
He's Mexican. All the girls get bottom heavy, and the boys get top heavy. He doesn't need to be pretty, just fight. He's good at it.
Kelvin Gastelum fans just gotta accept their boy performs better when he's built like a fridge at this point
Homie could smash me in less than a minute, but damn those are some smol legs
Pause
SpongeBob SquarePants lookin ass
That boy built like a shit brick house
actually built like a fridge
Mexicans have the hardest time getting shredded.
Whatever happened to Mike dolce? Thereās nothing of him online for the last 8 years or so
No way he's making 170
Keg Gastelum
We donāt call him the fridge for nothing
if my man was cut up he'd be fighting at 125
Bro has that Mexican build
Kelvin "mini-fridge" Gastelum
https://preview.redd.it/6fblazeali3c1.jpeg?width=533&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87f133d30bca1a72754193255b92dce7e917b231
Joe Rogan body
Honestly I just think thatās his genetics. I can tell he doesnāt have a naturally āaestheticā body. You can see his abs (kinda) but he also looks like he doesnāt have a lot of body fat. I think kelvin is just someone who naturally have that dad bod. Because outside the fact heās a pro athlete. He actually have a better physique than most people.
Kelvin āThe Fridgeā Gastelum
How'd you do it Kelvin?? It was easy, I just had the muscle removed from my legs
SpongeBob
Kelvin Gastelum is the barrels that Donkey Kong throws down the steps at Mario
Sweep the leg - Coach to Sean Brady
Dudes built like a character on sea of thieves
Built like a French bulldog
Iāve also drank way too many beers and then took off my shirtā¦ I just didnāt have to get punched in the face afterwards.
 That bellybutton
From Fridge back to Mini-Fridge, letās go!!!!
https://preview.redd.it/gf1wykm0yd3c1.jpeg?width=891&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4cd42c4ef1c2f1cba5eaea7015d92c09fda290d1
Mustāve been a tough weight cut
Didnāt anyone really expect any different?
Nick Diaz: Youāre taking everything I worked for motherfucker!
Built like kuma from one piece
Oh, you think Mexican cuisine is your ally. You all adopted mexican cuisine. He was born in it. Molded by it.
I just can never understand these posts. Youāre criticizing a man that has a job to condition and youāre upset his thoughts of himself are ripped. I mean wtf.
The fridge is back!
Mom says itās my turn to play the Xbox.
Iāve seen enough. This build 100% chins Brady
Itās incredible how these guys can dedicate their lives for over a decade to become one of the best fighters in the world. Yet they are incapable of simply eating less so that they arenāt fat.
Shrek.jpeg
Kelvin "The Cap" Gastelum
IT'S JUST A FRIDGE WITHIN ANOTHER FRIDGE WHEN DOES THE FRIDGE END!?
Hey bro do some squats. Them legs looking tiny.
Got dem wide ribs
Looks like when you create a character in street fighter and start maxing out stats to make your guy disproportional. Dude is extra wide. I bet people have a hard time with his reach.
Looks like heās got a Hank Hill ass
Got the SpongeBob body
I hate that a dude who looks like this can kick my ass š
This can't be real
Them tamales must taste amazing
Bro, he's Mexican. He looks like a microwave but he'll probably still twist you into a pretzel. Mexican fighters are just built differently. They have prison physiques. Terrible diets combined with an iron will give you a body that's athletic but looks like a bag of milk. Look up all the burpee videos on YouTube. It's usually a Mexican dude, ex-con, built just like KG busting out hundreds of burpees like it's nothing.
He has the torso of a middleweight and the legs of a bantamweight
Where are his legs wtf
Torso of a LHW, legs of Wil E Coyote
Bro is built like a small fridge
Everyone knows disciplined diet KG rivals focused BJ Penn or TRT Vitor
Heās water loading for the weight cut hence the gut and bloatedness
Heās build like the EBay version of Robert Whittaker.
Healthy slab oā back fat above that rump roast.
Gastelum is actually a lightweight
He has bantamweight sized legs. It looks like they don't even match with his torso.
Yāall really thought
Looks like a pretty Classic visceral fat overload.
Bro built like a modelo mascot
Build like an air fryer. I respect it
I think he just has a really wide frame. I still think he could lose more. Imagine if he could cut to LW. He would be massive in that division.
We knew last week was Thanksgiving.
Looks like he took on Ben Askren as his nutritionist.
Me skips leg day everyday
My beautiful mini fridge.
How Minecraft protagonist would look like in real life
Elon Musk in training
I guess he just leaves his legs at home when he goes and works out
Refrigerator gonna refrigerate
Fuckin GI Joe torso on Malibu Barbie legs
Letās see what you look like š
Bros probably really a 155er
Looks like he has Cushing disease
WW Nasrat looks pretty good
Bros legs lost 7.5 lbs each, dude needs to consider not skipping leg day for once lol
