Chris Curtis sure doesn’t want to go back to welterweight. But if that’s the only way he can get one particular shot at redemption, he just might do it.
Curtis fought at welterweight in the PFL and on Dana White’s Contender Series, but has been much happier in recent years at middleweight. And after a bonus-winning knockout of Joaquin Buckley this past December, the 35-year-old got a matchup with Kelvin Gastelum that could truly have propelled him in the division.
But at UFC 287 in Miami in April, Curtis lost a decision to Gastelum. It was a Fight of the Night winner, and the extra $50,000 no doubt was great. But Curtis maintains he won the fight.
