“Durinho” is sort of finished with combating.
Former UFC Welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns lastly returns to motion at UFC Vegas 97 this weekend (Sat., Sept. 7, 2024) towards surging contender Sean Brady from contained in the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Burns has not been in motion since his TKO loss to Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 299 in March (watch highlights). “Durinho” has been on the sidelines recovering from accidents because the combat.
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Within the lead-up to his major occasion combat towards Brady, Burns revealed that he doesn’t have many fights left.
“I’m getting freaking previous,” Burns instructed Grind Metropolis Media. “10 years within the UFC has been excellent, however I don’t understand how for much longer. I nonetheless received a pair fights left in me, so I’m not right here for a very long time. I nonetheless assume I’ve a few good fights left – not loads. Not two arms filled with fights, however we nonetheless received at the very least one handful of fights left.”
Burns turned 38 two months in the past in July, and whereas that isn’t a loopy age in blended martial arts, there isn’t any doubt that fighters, particularly in lighter weight courses begin to diminish. Effectively, until you’re Jim Miller.
Burns is on the primary two-fight dropping streak of his profession.
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