{"id":153056,"date":"2025-09-18T22:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153056\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T22:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:47:09","slug":"stoltzfus-banks-60k-from-gastelums-ufc-weight-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153056\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoltzfus banks $60K from Gastelum\u2019s UFC weight miss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Now that the dust has settled, new details have surfaced about Gastelum\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-weigh-in-video\/388806\/ufc-fighter-previously-banned-welterweight-too-heavy-middleweight-misses-five-pounds-noche-main-card\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> latest scale blunder<\/a> \u2014 specifically the financial fallout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Gastelum was docked 35 percent of his purse for missing weight, with that chunk going straight to Stoltzfus. According to a fan who ran into Stoltzfus at the airport after the fight, the amount Stoltzfus collected from Gastelum\u2019s fine was actually larger than Stoltzfus\u2019 contracted show money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe most interesting thing he told me that I didn\u2019t realize was that [Stoltzfus] taking the fight and getting 35% of Kelvin\u2019s purse, was more than his entire paycheck,\u201d the fan wrote on social media. \u201cThe 35% of Kelvin was more than his purse. Great dude!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Former UFC fighter and Stoltzfus\u2019 ex-training partner, Sasha Palatnikov, later confirmed the figure \u2014 revealing Stoltzfus <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PalatnikovMMA\/status\/1968763797977420187\" rel=\"nofollow\">walked away with $60,000<\/a> in fine money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While Stoltzfus didn\u2019t get the win, the extra cash might be the silver lining. Losing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-results\/389337\/job-saved-kelvin-gastelum-knocks-down-decisions-dustin-stoltzfus-despite-massive-weight-miss-noche-ufc-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unanimous decision<\/a> to a former title challenger like Gastelum certainly stings, but a surprise $60K bump on top of his purse is nothing to scoff at. For a fighter like Stoltzfus, who\u2019s not consistently on main cards or headlining slots, that kind of money can be career-changing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The downside? Stoltzfus is now on a two-fight losing skid and has dropped three of his last four outings inside the Octagon. He may need to turn things around quickly if he wants to keep his UFC roster spot intact. But at least he\u2019s a little wealthier while figuring out what comes next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now that the dust has settled, new details have surfaced about Gastelum\u2019s latest scale blunder \u2014 specifically the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,102447],"class_list":{"0":"post-153056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc-news","15":"tag-ufc-payouts"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}