Kelvin Gastelum drops to Welterweight, fights Paulo Thiago at UFC on Fox Sports 1 #2

TUF 17 winner Kelvin Gastelum will take on veteran Paulo Thiago

by Jack Broadey @J3cK_b

The youngest ever winner of The Ultimate Fighter has got his first opponent since winning that title. Gastelum will face the 32 year old former Brazilian special forces fighter Paulo Thiago at UFC on Fox Sports 1 #2 on August 28th.

Gastelum out worked and out hustled the heavily favoured Uriah Hall in the finale of TUF 17 to be crowned champion. Despite winning the show at middleweight he's since teamed up with esteemed trainer Mike Dolce and made the cut to Welterweight.

Giving him his first test in his new division will be Paulo Thiago. He has been very up and down lately but bounced back with a win over Michel Prazeres last time out. He's faced a string of top contenders in his time with the UFC and will be a big test straight off the bat for Gastelum.

Gastelum however is used to big tests as he was an underdog the whole way thought TUF and he ultimately came out on top despite the odds. He will be hoping he can again overturn the odds here and get off to winning ways in his UFC career after The Ultimate Fighter.