The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was in Shanghai, China for UFC Fight Night 122 with a big main event featuring former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping and fast rising contender Kelvin Gastelum. The original main event was scheduled to be Gastelum taking on mixed martial arts legend Anderson Silva, but Silva was flagged by USADA for a potential doping violation and was pulled from the card just two weeks ago.
Despite the fact that he just lost the middleweight title to Georges St-Pierre at UFC 217 earlier this month, Michael Bisping decided to jump at the opportunity to save the UFC Fight Night 122 main event and face Kelvin Gastelum in Shanghai. Meanwhile, Gastelum is wanting to bounce back after a tough loss to former middleweight champ Chris Weidman last July at UFC on Fox 25.
It didn’t take long, in fact it only took two-minutes and thirty seconds flat for Gastelum to land a punch that would knock out former UFC champion Michael Bisping.
UFC Results: Kelvin Gastelum def. Michael Bisping via Knockout, Round 1
Time for the main event!!@Bisping steps up on short notice and faces @KelvinGastelum NOW on @UFCFightPass!!#UFCShanghai TUNE IN ➡️? ? ? https://t.co/v7Pyjv0z20 pic.twitter.com/KgQnggysfe
— UFC (@ufc) November 25, 2017
Here comes Gastelum!! Looking SERIOUS!!#UFCShanghai @KelvinGastelum pic.twitter.com/1sRzhXhxfQ
— UFC (@ufc) November 25, 2017
And here comes @Bisping!!#UFCShanghai pic.twitter.com/8k833EazvF
— UFC (@ufc) November 25, 2017
Let's do this!#UFCShanghai pic.twitter.com/IpvYpNBHgy
— UFC (@ufc) November 25, 2017
OHHHHHH MYYYYYYY!!!!!!@KelvinGastelum FLATTENS Bisping in round 1!!! #UFCShanghai? ? ? https://t.co/v7Pyjv0z20 pic.twitter.com/nlk4Nafu1c
— UFC (@ufc) November 25, 2017