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Shane Burgos isn’t happy after a huge drop in the rankings following his loss to Josh Emmett.
Shane Burgos didn’t expect to see his name plummet in the featherweight rankings following his loss to Josh Emmett at UFC Vegas 3.
Emmett defeated Burgos by unanimous decision in the co-main event of the card. In a ‘Fight of the Year’ contender, Emmett fought through a torn ACL for three rounds to get the win. Burgos dropped from tenth in the UFC rankings to fifteenth, something he vented about to MMA Fighting.
“Dude, it’s f—kin’ weird,” Burgos said. “I lost and I was pissed enough because I felt like I won, but to have that happen on top of that, that was a slap to my f—kin’ face. I lost to the No. 8 ranked guy, a guy that’s been sleeping everybody that he’s been fighting. I went out there and had a f—kin’ Fight of the Year potential kind of fight and then you’re gonna disrespect me like that?”
Burgos was on a three-fight winning streak entering his fight with Emmett, his only other loss was to top featherweight contender Calvin Kattar. “Hurricane” continued by expressing his hatred towards the ranking system in the UFC.
“I f—kin’ hate the rankings. They kind of f—k everything up because, obviously, you only want to fight guys who are ahead of you so you only have X amount of matchups that you can even go for. On top of that, you want to knock me back even more? What the f—k more do you want? I lost a close fight to the No. 8 guy when I was ranked 10. How do I go back that many spots?”
Once he ensures his health is fine, Burgos is targeting a September return to the Octagon.