Belfort vs Gastelum

Who won Belfort vs Gastelum?

The fight between Vitor Belfort and Kelvin Gastelum finished in a no contest at UFC Fight Night 106 on Saturday 11th March 2017.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Belfort vs Gastelum stats

Vitor Belfort stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Kelvin Gastelum made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Kelvin Gastelum marked his 23rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Vitor Belfort's UFC record stood at 15-10-0, while Kelvin Gastelum's came in at 13-9-0.

The stats suggested Belfort had a massive power advantage over Gastelum, boasting a 72% knock out percentage over Gastelum's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gastelum had an advantage over Belfort, with a 31% submission rate over Belfort's 12%.

Vitor Belfort was the older man by 14 years, at 47 years old.

Belfort had a height advantage of 3 inches over Gastelum. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Belfort was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 1996, 14 years and 2 months earlier than Gastelum, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 68 to Gastelum's 76.

Belfort vs Gastelum form

Kelvin Gastelum had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Sean Brady at UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan on 2nd December 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at Moody Center, Austin, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Chris Curtis at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jared Cannonier at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Before that, he had been defeated by Robert Whittaker at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Ian Heinisch at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Gastelum's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 1 month, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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