TUF 17 winner Kelvin makes WW debut.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/tuf-17-winner-kelvin-gastelum-194437798--mma.html

Aginast Paulio Thiago!!!! I dont like kelvins chances here. Thaiago has some really heavy hands,solid chin and a very strong BJJ game. This fight might be a bit much for Kelvins WW debut.

Thoughts?

Yeah they usually take the approach of giving the TUF winner a couple of fringe cans or mid-tier fighters to build them up a little before putting them in there with any remotely dangerous veterans. That doesn't seem to be the case here.

Looks like they are gonna go that route with Uriah hall, though. He's getting Nick Ring for his first post-TUF fight.
http://www.mmastandard.net/t2257-uriah-hall-to-face-nick-ring-at-ufc-on-fox-sports-1#19220

Not really that surprising. Hall is clearly much more marketable than Kelvin, and people will pay to see him fight.
Kelvin Gastellum? Eh, not so much. I hope he gets the W here and keeps on winning, because it seems like the UFC isn't all that attached to him, so he's probably gonna have to win consistently right away to stick around.

Yeah I agree...I hope Kelvin gets the win too...but wow that sucks for him vs the easy shot they're giving Hall

Toughest fight a TUF guy has got coming right out the gate IMO...

I think Mac Danzig lost his first fight after he won TUF, didn't he?
I'm sure a few other TUF winners have, as well.

But regardless, yeah; I can't remember a TUF winner being given a fight this tough for his first fight.