Breaking – Shane Burgos pens deal with the PFL following completion of UFC contract

Shane BurgosFan-favorite featherweight, Shane Burgos has confirmed his departure from the UFC following the completion of his contractual obligations with the organization at UFC Long Island last month against Charles Jourdain, penning a multi-fight deal with the PFL (Professional Fighters League). The Bronx native, Burgos, who currently boasts a 15-3 professional record, departs the UFC in […]

Shane Burgos

Fan-favorite featherweight, Shane Burgos has confirmed his departure from the UFC following the completion of his contractual obligations with the organization at UFC Long Island last month against Charles Jourdain, penning a multi-fight deal with the PFL (Professional Fighters League).

The Bronx native, Burgos, who currently boasts a 15-3 professional record, departs the UFC in the midst of a two-fight winning run, most recently defeating fellow featherweight contender, Charles Jourdain in a barn burning majority decision success at UFC Long Island in July. 

Burgos, 31, confirmed his departure from the UFC this evening during an appearance on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, explaining how the deal the promotion had fielded to him was simply too good to turn down.

Debuting in the UFC back in December 2016, Shane Burgos, who had a notable penchant for competing in his home state of New York – landed in the Big Apple inside the Octagon on six separate occasions – securing wins in each of those six outings.

Prior to his success against Jourdain last month, Shane Burgos turned in another typical exciting matchup with Billy Quarantillo on the main card of UFC 268 last November at Madison Square Garden. 

The gritty featherweight contender has managed to land five separate knockout wins to go with further five submission victories, with five decision wins also notched.

Dropping just three defeats against perennial contenders, Calvin Kattar, Edson Barboza, and Josh Emmett during his UFC tenure – Burgos also managed to score triumphs against Tiago Trator, Charles Rosa, Godofredo Pepey, Kurt Holobaugh, as well as Cub Swanson, and Makwan Amirkhani. 

Shane Burgos will join a lengthy list of UFC alums to transition to the PFL

Weighing up a potential lightweight move in the future, Burgos will join the likes of Bubba Jenkins, Brendan Loughnane, Sheymon Moraes, Chris Wade, Lance Palmer, Boston Salmon, and Kyle Bochniak should he continue in his featherweight vein. 

Miesha Tate On Retirement: “I’m Not Going To Give Up”

Former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate is looking forward to getting back on track in her professional career after a loss to Lauren Murphy. Tate lost in her flyweight debut to Murphy at UFC Long Island just days ago. She opted to make the move t…

Former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate is looking forward to getting back on track in her professional career after a loss to Lauren Murphy. Tate lost in her flyweight debut to Murphy at UFC Long Island just days ago. She opted to make the move to 125lbs after a loss to Ketlen Vieira at bantamweight…

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Simón Took Exception To UFC Long Island Booking: “I Was Pissed”

UFC bantamweight contender Ricky Simón wasn’t happy with how he was valued ahead of his UFC Long Island win over Jack Shore. Simón earned a ‘Performance of the Night’ bonus for submitting the undefeated Shore in Round 2. He entered th…

UFC bantamweight contender Ricky Simón wasn’t happy with how he was valued ahead of his UFC Long Island win over Jack Shore. Simón earned a ‘Performance of the Night’ bonus for submitting the undefeated Shore in Round 2. He entered the fight as a slight underdog, with many believing Shore could outpoint the veteran in…

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Brian Ortega Releases Statement After UFC Long Island Injury

UFC featherweight contender Brian Ortega has spoken out for the first time since his fight-ending shoulder injury at UFC Long Island on Saturday. Ortega faced Yair Rodríguez in the UFC Long Island headliner. It was shaping up to be a great fight betwee…

UFC featherweight contender Brian Ortega has spoken out for the first time since his fight-ending shoulder injury at UFC Long Island on Saturday. Ortega faced Yair Rodríguez in the UFC Long Island headliner. It was shaping up to be a great fight between two of the top featherweight contenders before Ortega suffered a shoulder injury…

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Lauren Murphy Reflects On Bloody Win Over Miesha Tate At UFC Long Island: ‘I’m A Bad Motherf*cker’

Lauren MurphyLanding one of the most impressive victories of her Octagon tenure to date, one-time flyweight title challenger, Lauren Murphy has labeled herself as a “bad motherf*cker” off the back of a dominant unanimous decision win over former bantamweight best, Miesha Tate. Murphy, who challenged flyweight champion, Valentina Shevchenko for undisputed divisional gold last September in […]

Lauren Murphy

Landing one of the most impressive victories of her Octagon tenure to date, one-time flyweight title challenger, Lauren Murphy has labeled herself as a “bad motherf*cker” off the back of a dominant unanimous decision win over former bantamweight best, Miesha Tate.

Murphy, who challenged flyweight champion, Valentina Shevchenko for undisputed divisional gold last September in the co-headliner of UFC 266, suffered a one-sided fourth round knockout loss.

Returning to the Octagon for the first time since in Saturday’s main card opener at UFC Long Island, Murphy bloodied and battered divisional newcomer, Tate over the course of three rounds to land a unanimous decision win over the Washington veteran

Slicing Tate with a series of strikes, Murphy appeared to break the former’s nose in the second round, as well as cause severe damage to her left orbital bone, landing a bruising elbow on the break of a clinch exchange.

Reflecting on her impressive win over former undisputed bantamweight best, Tate, Murphy told assembled media how good it felt to mix all her weapons at the UBS Arena event.

“I feel good,” Lauren Murphy said. “I feel good that I was able to take her down, feel good about the elbows I landed. It felt good that she couldn’t take me down. Soon as my butt hit the ground, I was right back up. I wrestled hard. I stayed focused. A lot of the stuff that we did in practice happened tonight, and it just feels good to come back and get a win over a former champion. Nobody’s going to walk over me in this division. And like I said in the interview, when I’m healthy and I’m focused, I’m a force.”

Lauren Murphy welcomes a title-eliminator at 125lbs next

Eyeing a potential title-eliminator against UFC Paris features, Katlyn Chookagian, or Manon Fiorot next, Murphy donned herself as a “bad motherf*cker” in the division.

“There’s been big victories that I’ve had where I’m almost in disbelief like, ‘Oh, I can’t believe I won that. That’s f*cking amazing.’” Lauren Murphy explained. “And right now, I feel like. ‘Yeah, I won that because I’m a badass. I’m a bad motherf*cker. I should’ve (won).’ I had the ability to win fights like that, and I feel like I’m right where I belong.” (Transcribed by BloodyElbow)

Miesha Tate Issues Statement After UFC Long Island Loss

Former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate is taking an optimistic approach to her fighting future following a loss at UFC Long Island. Tate made her 125lb debut against the former title challenger Lauren Murphy to kick off the UFC Long Island main c…

Former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate is taking an optimistic approach to her fighting future following a loss at UFC Long Island. Tate made her 125lb debut against the former title challenger Lauren Murphy to kick off the UFC Long Island main card. Despite Tate having a few positive moments in the fight, Murphy controlled…

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