Rick Story to meet Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 171

Welterweight battle added to UFC 171

by Ben Heather @benheather

On the 15th March 2014 the UFC will crown a new welterweight champion to follow in the footsteps of the greatest welterweight fighter ever. Georges St-Pierre's reign came to an end when he vacated the title at the end of last year and now another welterweight fight has been added to the card.

Kelvin Gastelum, the TUF 17 champion will return to the octagon as the UFC returns to Dallas where he will meet Rick Story.

Gastelum (7-0 MMA 2-0 UFC) capped off a real underdog story to be crowned The Ultimate Champion when he beat Uriah Hall last year. He then followed that up with a submission victory of Brian Melancon after dropping down to Welterweight and now remains at welterweight to meet Rick Story.

Story (16-7 MMA 9-5 UFC) will be looking to get his career back on track in 2014 after finishing 2013 on a high with a win over Brian Ebersole at UFC 167. The past few years he has bounced between wins and losses and a win over Gastelum would be a great way to do that.

UFC 171 is headlined by Johny Hendricks vs Robbie Lawler for the vacated Welterweight title and also on the card Carlos Condit will face off against Tyron Woodley in a fight which could see the new number one contender for the title.

If you enjoy Welterweight battles UFC 171 is the perfect event for you.

Gunnar Nelson injured, Replaced by Rick Story at ufc 160

Rick Story steps in after Gunnar Nelson forced out with injury

by John Haigh @JohnBjayHaigh

Iceland’s Gunnar Nelson has been force out of his fight with Mike Pyle at UFC 160 due to an undisclosed injury.
It was announced late on Tuesday night that Rick Story had been lined up to step in for the injured Nelson.
Rick Story (15-6 MMA) has been on a rough ride of late going 2-3 in his last five fights but was back to winning ways in his last fight against Quinn Mulhern at UFC 158 in Montreal last month. He’ll be looking to win back to back fights for the first time in 2 years.

His opponent Mike Pyle (24-8-1) has been on quite an opposite run of form, coming off the back of a three fight winning streak and will look to make it four.
This will be Pyle’s first fight of 2013 having not fought since his TKO victory over James Head last December at TUF 16 Finale.

Pyle had been looking at a victory over the undefeated Nelson as a way to get back into the UFC welterweight title picture.