A swift victory for TUF 17 winner Kelvin Gastelum here, flooring Brian Melancon and then choking him out early in the first round at UFC Fight Night 27.
After a few tentative exchanges Gastelum lands an early takedown, but Melecon is quickly back to his feet.
Melecon lands a nice body shot. Gastelum hits another takedown, but Melancon barely touches the ground before he’s back up again.
Nice right-left combination scores for Gastelum, he follows up with another 1-2 and then drops Melancon with an uppercut.
Gastelum hops on his back and sinks in a fight-ending rear-naked choke with just 2.26mins on the clock.