Chris Curtis is feeling much better about the circumstances around his next UFC fight.
The UFC middleweight was happy with the name he got in Kelvin Gastelum, but initially not with where the fight was placed on the UFC 287 card, which is set to go down April 8 at the Miami-Dade Arena in Miami, Fla. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
Being scheduled as the final fight of the preliminary card, Curtis (30-9 MMA, 4-1 UFC) was angry to see that not only did his fight not receive main card placement, but that 18-year-old Raul Rosas Jr. was fighting above him.