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Tyron Woodley defeats Kelvin Gastelum but declines 30 percent fine

Tyron Woodley defeats Kelvin Gastelum but declines 30 percent fine

LAS VEGAS -- Kelvin Gastelum was sick on Friday with flu-like symptoms and wound up in the hospital, hours before the UFC 183 weigh-in. Doctors cleared him to fight, but only after telling him he could no longer cut weight for his bout Saturday at the MGM Grand with Tyron Woodley.

After Gastelum weighed in at 180 pounds, nine pounds over the 171-pound limit for non-title welterweight matches, negotiations between Woodley, Gastelum and UFC president Dana White were held. In order for the fight to go forward, Gastelum agreed to give 30 percent of his $30,000 purse to Woodley.

Woodley won a split decision in a back-and-forth fight in the co-main event of UFC 183 Saturday. But after the fight, he told broadcaster Joe Rogan that he didn't want the fine money.

"That's his money," Woodley said. "He came in here and fought and he got the loss. He's suffered enough already."

But it might not be so easy. According to UFC executive Marc Ratner, the money had already been deducted from Gastelum's check and put into Woodley's. So in order for Woodley to decline, he'll basically have to write Gastelum another check. That, of course, will bring tax implications.

So we may not have heard the last of this issue