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Gilbert Burns To Usman & All Grapplers At 170: Take Me Down; I Dare You

Gilbert Burns is laying down a challenge to all grapplers in the UFC’s 170-pound division: take me down if you dare. At UFC 258, Gilbert Burns will challenge Kamaru Usman for the welterweight championship. Usman’s greatest weapon over the years has bee…

Common Training Partner Chandler Picks Burns To Uncrown Usman

Michael Chandler believes that we will witness the crowning of a new UFC welterweight champion on February 13. If there is one person who has as much insight as anyone regarding the UFC 258 main event between welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and Gilb…

Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns Championship Fight Confirmed for UFC 258

Kamaru Usman will defend the welterweight championship against Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 on Feb. 13. The two were originally supposed to fight at UFC 251 before Burns had to bow out after testing positive for COVID -19…

Burns Discusses How Training History With Usman Influenced Camp

UFC 258 title challenger Gilbert Burns is applying knowledge picked up from his past training sessions with the champion, Kamaru Usman. Gilbert Burns has been confirmed as the next challenger for Kamaru Usman’s welterweight championship. Burns earned this honor by going 4-0 since entering the welterweight division, including a dominant shutout victory over former champion […]

Gilbert Burns Feared Title Shot Would Go To Khamzat Chimaev

Gilbert Burns was unsure if he’d get the next welterweight title shot. Burns is currently set to take on welterweight champion Kamaru Usman at UFC 258 on February 13 after it was recently reported again that both fighters had verbally agreed to the fight. Of course, Burns was set to face Usman back at UFC […]

Gilbert Burns was unsure if he’d get the next welterweight title shot.

Burns is currently set to take on welterweight champion Kamaru Usman at UFC 258 on February 13 after it was recently reported again that both fighters had verbally agreed to the fight.

Of course, Burns was set to face Usman back at UFC 251 in July only for a positive COVID-19 test to rule him out of the fight with less than a week to go.

The title fight was expected to be rescheduled for December at UFC 256 only for it to be off again as Usman required more time before competing.

All these delays along with the rise of Khamzat Chimaev in the welterweight division who was set to face Leon Edwards next made Burns wary about whether he would get the next title shot.

Luckily for him, that will be the case after all.

“Thank God he closed this fight,” Burns told AG Fight (via BJ Penn). “They had already sent me that date, so it was a matter of the contract getting done, but now it is official. ‘Countdown’ has already come here to my home, so it’s guaranteed to happen.

“I was training a lot and afraid this fight would slip into the hands of Khamzat (Chimaev) or something would happen. I think (this delay) was more of a UFC move, I don’t know, you’re seeing it as much with (Jorge) Masvidal or Colby (Covington). I don’t know if it was something like that either. Now it is time to continue training and we are going to win this title.”

Burns was right to be fearful as it’s very clear the UFC is high on Chimaev and the promotion has been known to skip over contenders in the past. Fortunately, the same won’t happen to Burns who is more than deserving of the shot.

“Durinho” is coming off a dominant unanimous decision win over former champion Tyron Woodley in May and is unbeaten in four since moving up to welterweight in 2019.

Do you think Burns will come out on top against Usman?

Gilbert Burns Believes Colby Covington Has Jorge Masvidal’s Number

Gilbert Burns wants to see Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal next. The pair have been slated to fight for a while with UFC president Dana White recently revealing that he’s still working on making it happen. Burns is naturally interested in the matchup as he could end up facing the winner — or loser — […]

Gilbert Burns wants to see Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal next.

The pair have been slated to fight for a while with UFC president Dana White recently revealing that he’s still working on making it happen.

Burns is naturally interested in the matchup as he could end up facing the winner — or loser — depending on the result of his planned welterweight title fight with Kamaru Usman at UFC 258.

And while he believes Masvidal has the better striking, Burns ultimately feels Covington has his number due to this pressure, pace and wrestling.

“Stand up, for sure Masvidal is better, but Colby Covington has that pressure, has that pace,” Burns said on his YouTube channel (via Middle Easy). “I watched a couple videos of these guys going after it in the living room when they lived together, and Colby was just taking him down multiple times.

“The last fights that he faced good grapplers, (Jorge) has lost, Kamaru (Usman) and (Demian) Maia. I think Colby has his number too.

“Colby has good pressure, good pace for that division. I don’t know, they know each other a lot…the way I kind of picture that a little bit, Colby has the advantage, Colby has his number.”

This is a certainly common opinion for most observers in the combat sports world, especially after seeing old videos of Covington and Masvidal wrestling.

That said, Masvidal has definitely improved his overall grappling and showed relatively good takedown defense against Usman in their short-notice fight at UFC 251.

Having added vicious knockouts to his game, it will certainly be interesting to see how Masvidal fares against Covington in 2021.

Do you agree with Burns?