Joe
Pyfer will lock horns with Kelvin
Gastelum in a middleweight bout at UFC
on ESPN 64.
Pyfer recently confirmed the pairing on Instagram following an
initial report from MMA Mania. UFC on ESPN 64 is expected to take
place at Arena CDMX in Mexico City on March 29, though the venu has
not been officially confirmed by the Las Vegas-based promotion.
Pyfer has been victorious in six of his last seven professional
outings. After earning a
UFC contract on
Dana White’s Contender Series in 2022, “Bodybagz” finished his
first three Octagon foes before fallling to Jack
Hermansson in the UFC Fight Night 236 main event this past
February. The 28-year-old Pennsylvania native rebounded in his most
recent appearance, when he knocked out Marc-Andre
Barriault in the opening stanza of their encounter at UFC
303.
Gastelum will be making his 24th Octagon appearance against Pyfer.
“The Ultimate Fighter 17” winner has been triumphant in two of his
last three in UFC competition — including a three-round verdict
over in
his lone outing of 2024. Gastelum’s resume includes victories over
the likes of Ronaldo
Souza, Michael
Bisping, Johny
Hendricks, Nate
Marquardt and Jake
Ellenberger, among others.