A new interim UFC middleweight champion will be decided when Kelvin Gastelum meets Israel Adesanya on April 13 at UFC 236.
Dana White confirmed the matchup on ESPN Tuesday.
The location for the event is to be determined.
The resolution to crown an interim champion comes after champ Robert Whittaker sustained an abdominal hernia injury (as well as a collapsed bowel) the day he was scheduled to defend the belt at UFC 234 on February 9th.
Whittaker was subsequently removed from that card, as was Gastelum. Adesanya defeated middleweight legend Anderson Silva in that night’s main event.
April 13th , of 2013 I was crowned the Winner of The Ultimate Fighter of season 17.
It only makes sense that on the 13th of April, the entire journey comes around and it makes a full circle. #OnAmission4Gold— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) February 19, 2019
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