Både Kelvin Gastelum och Thiago Alves missade vikten inför nattens UFC 205 i New York, något som slutligen ledde till att organisationen blev tvungna till att stryka mötet mellan Gastelum och Donald ”Cowboy” Cerrone. Detta är något som upprört bland andra Tim Kennedy, som hade följande att säga via ”Submission Radio”:
It’s so disrespectful. I mean, it’s so unprofessional. I can’t even process what’s going through somebody’s head to make a choice – and they’re choices – about not making weight. Leading up to the fight, it’s what you’re eating, it’s how hard you’re training, your caloric intake, how much you’re burning. These are all literal choices that an athlete makes.
That is a lazy disrespectful asshole that’s doing that. It’s disrespectful to your opponent, it’s disrespectful to the fans. That’s Kelvin Gastelum and Thiago (Alves) saying, ‘I don’t care about the fans’. That’s what they’re doing. They don’t care about the sport, they don’t care about their integrity – because that’s what it is.
I signed a contract that on this day, this Friday, I will step on the scale and weigh ‘this’. That’s what it says in the contract – and in return you’ll pay me. That’s the point in being a prize fighter. So now they’re breaking their word, they’re breaking their contract and they’re disrespecting their opponent – but worst of all, they’re saying ‘fuck you to the fans’.
Kelvin kommer aldrig att få fightas i weltervikt igen efter den missade vikten, i alla fall om man får tro Dana White.
