UFC welterweight Stephen Thompson has promised to make a strong comeback following his loss to Gilbert Burns. Thompson’s title ambitions suffered a huge setback Saturday after his disappointing result in the co-main event of UFC 264 in Las Vegas, Nevad…
UFC welterweight Stephen Thompson has promised to make a strong comeback following his loss to Gilbert Burns. Thompson’s title ambitions suffered a huge setback Saturday after his disappointing result in the co-main event of UFC 264 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The three-round slugfest saw “Wonderboy” unanimously outpointed 29-28 on the judges’ scorecard, ending his two-fight […]
UFC President Dana White believes that Gilbert Burns vs. Stephen Thompson left a lot to be desired. Burns and Thompson shared the Octagon on the main card of UFC 264. The welterweight bout served as the co-main event. The fight had its moments in the s…
UFC President Dana White believes that Gilbert Burns vs. Stephen Thompson left a lot to be desired. Burns and Thompson shared the Octagon on the main card of UFC 264. The welterweight bout served as the co-main event. The fight had its moments in the striking department but Burns’ grappling proved to be the difference. […]
Gilbert Burns called out a number of names, but it’s Jorge Masvidal that interests him the most. Burns returned to the win column with a unanimous decision win over Stephen Thompson in their UFC 264 co-main event last night. While it wasn’t the prettiest fight, Burns got the job done against one of the top […]
Gilbert Burns called out a number of names, but it’s Jorge Masvidal that interests him the most.
Burns returned to the win column with a unanimous decision win over Stephen Thompson in their UFC 264 co-main event last night. While it wasn’t the prettiest fight, Burns got the job done against one of the top welterweight contenders.
In his post-fight interview, “Durinho” called out three names in particular — Leon Edwards, Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal. While Diaz is out of the question as per UFC president Dana White, the other two could very well be potential next opponents for Burns.
The Brazilian’s preference, however, is Masvidal and given the latter’s new star power, Burns wants the money to be right as well.
“I just took the ‘NMF’ (Nicest Mother F*cker) belt, I can take the ‘BMF’ (Baddest Mother F*cker) belt,” Burns said at the evening’s post-fight press conference (via MMA Fighting). “If Leon wants, he can get it; if Nate wants, he can get it. I know I just got a title shot, I can’t ask for another title shot, I don’t believe they’re gonna give it to me, so I want to keep working. I want to keep staying disciplined, keep getting better. I need to find that balance to stay disciplined but at the same time get a finish. Just gonna keep working. Give me any one of these guys.
“The only thing is I like the Masvidal fight a lot, but he just got two losses. He make a lot of money, so [they] gotta give me an extra check to fight him. I fight Masvidal next, but put me on a pay-per-view card and I’ll fight him, it’s gonna be a crazy one.”
It would certainly be a great fight. However, it mainly depends on whether Masvidal would be reciprocative to such a matchup.
Would you want to see Burns vs. Masvidal next? Who wins?
UFC 264, probably the biggest pay-per-view fight card of the year thus far, went down on Saturday night in Las Vegas, and we’ll all be talking it for months to come…
UFC 264, probably the biggest pay-per-view fight card of the year thus far, went down on Saturday night in Las Vegas, and we’ll all be talking it for months to come…
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Gilbert Burns used his platform at UFC 264 to call out two of the best welterweight fighters in the world. After scoring a unanimous decision win over…
Gilbert Burns used his platform at UFC 264 to call out two of the best welterweight fighters in the world. After scoring a unanimous decision win over…