UFC on ABC 6 results: Kelvin Gastelum apologizes to Dana White after defeating Daniel Rodriguez

Kelvin Gastelum admits his actions were “unacceptable” before and during fight week – but he came away with a victory anyway.

At the UFC on ABC 6 on Saturday, Gastelum (19-9 MMA, 13-9 UFC) defeated Daniel Rodríguez (17-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC) via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27). The fight was part of the main card at the Kingdom Arena, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

At the beginning of the fight week, and obviously since the signing, the fight was scheduled for welterweight. However, the failure to prepare Gastelum’s weight meant that the fight was moved to middleweight. Rodriguez said he asked for a 180-pound catchweight, but Gastelum was unable to meet it.

Then, after three competitive rounds of fighting during which both men found success on the feet, Gastelum apologized to Dana White and Hunter Campbell for the blunder.

“Dana, Hunter, man, I want to be the best company man I can be,” Gastelum said during his cage interview. “I have the best intentions for this company. I love the UFC. I want to stay in the UFC forever, as long as I can. Sorry. What happened this week was unacceptable. Then I promise I’ll get better. I know I’ve said this before, but I’m not a perfect person. I always try to be better. It is what it is.”

Gastelum looked invigorated during his performance on Saturday, while Rodriguez wore down, mouth agape for much of the fight. While the two landed their share of strikes, Gastelum successfully integrated his wrestling following the advice of corners Eddie Cha and Santino Defranco, who may have won the round.

With the victory, Gastelum wins for the third time in the last four matches and recovers from a December loss to Sean Brady.

Rodriguez falls into a three-fight skid that also includes losses to Neil Magny and Ian Machado Garry.

Up-to-date UFC on ABC 6 results include:

• Kelvin Gastelum defeated. Daniel Rodriguez via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

• Shara Magomedov defeated. Antonio Trocoli by knockout (punches) – Round 3, 2:27

• Volkan Oezdemir defeated. Johnny Walker by KO (punches) – Round 1, 2:28

• Nasrat Haqparast defeated. Jared Gordon via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

• Felipe Lima defeated. Muhammad Naimov via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 3, 1:15

• Rinat Fakhretdinov defeated. Nicolas Dalby via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

• Muin Gafurov defeated. Kyung Ho Kang by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

• Magomed Gadzhiyasulov defeated. Brendson Ribeiro by majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28)

• ChangHo Lee defeated. Xiao Long via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

For more information on the card, visit the MMA Junkie events hub to UFC on ABC 6.

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