For the primary time in his 12-year preventing profession, sixth-ranked welterweight Gilbert Burns enters a combat coming off back-to-back losses. Burns headlines the UFC Vegas 97 combat card on Sept. 7 towards eighth-ranked Sean Brady.
“I like this man. He is 15-1. I like that combat loads,” Burns mentioned throughout an look on the “Consider You Me” podcast. “The man’s good. He is overwhelmed some excessive stage competitors, Kelvin Gastelum, a few older dudes that have been very robust. He went toe-to-toe with Belal [Muhammad] till he received a end. He is a really robust dude. I respect him, however I just like the matchup. After they mentioned his title I prefer it very a lot.”
Burns hopes to start out one other run on the title with a win over Brady and would not have a problem going through teammate third-ranked Shavkat Rakhmonov.
“The very best situation can be to beat Sean Brady, end it fast, beat Kamaru [Usman], and beat whoever is the champion, Shavkat, I do not care,” Burns mentioned. “We all know we’ll combat one another. It isn’t dangerous blood, truthfully. We prepare. We make one another higher however everybody desires to be the most effective.”
Burns is mates with seventh-ranked Ian Machado Garry however would not hesitate to simply accept a combat towards him.
“I do not care. If we have gotta combat, we have gotta combat. Could the most effective man win. ‘Oh, we educated earlier than.’ Yeah, so what? We coaching however I am not making an attempt to kill you. We have been simply coaching,” Burns mentioned.
If he defeats Brady, Burns plans to name out former titleholder Kamaru Usman for a rematch. The 2 fought at UFC 258 in February 2021 with Usman defeating Burns through TKO.
“I’ll name (out) Kamaru first,” Burns mentioned. “For positive I would like that rematch. It isn’t that Ian Garry – for positive I’d do this combat too, however for me, the fellows which are in entrance of me, they’re the most important fights. Leon Edwards now has no opponent. That is a giant combat. Kamaru Usman, a former champ, rematch, is an efficient combat. Colby Covington too. He is one other one… A giant win over these three guys is a title shot, so that is what I am wanting ahead too.”
