Gilbert Burns

White praised Burns for taking some "huge shots" in his welterweight defeat to Chimaev at UFC 273, with the promotion's kingpin claiming he would give the ...

Chimaev was dropped again as the pair continued to trade heavy artillery with the fight neck and neck in the final round. All three judges scored the clash 29-28 in favour of Chimaev who is now set to face Colby Covington in his next fight. You can’t train in the gym for what happened tonight, I’m sure this week he had a lot of pressure on him, a lot of anxiety.

Khamzat Chimaev confirmed his status as UFC's next huge star with a victory over Gilbert Burns at UFC 273.Chimaev secured a 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 unan.

At the end of the round, Burns nearly took Chimaev’s head off with an overhand right, but Chimaev instinctively secured a takedown. He actually staggered Chimaev with a great straight right. Into the third and Chimaev started to wear down Burns and the unbeaten Chimaev just kept on coming. The round ended with the two men locked and as Burns tried to push Chiamev off after the buzzer, Chimaev tried to slap Burns. Back on their feet, Burns was able to shake Chimaev with a nice leg kick, but Chimaev hurt the Brazilian with a nasty hook as they stepped into the pocket. Chimaev came out with two straight kicks and launched straight into a takedown attempt that Burns was able to stuff against the cage.

UPCOMING superstar Khamzat Chimaev has stayed unbeaten after a split decision win against Gilbert Burns on Saturday at UFC 273.Russian born Chimaev -

Mackenzie Dern BEAT Tecia Torres split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) Khamzat Chimaev BEAT Gilbert Burns split decision (28-29, 29-29, 29-28) “They’ll have to kill me [to stop me] because I won’t stop.”

Undefeated welterweight takes professional record to 11-0 after unanimous decision victory.

As for when he wanted to return to the octagon, he said: “I don’t know. From first second to last second I go for the finish. When I come back, I come back. "Actually it was a little bit hard to fight him because I see his kids, they come to me, ‘Hi, you fight my daddy.’ I say, ‘I don’t need that.’ I don’t want to fight with some daddy. “I was too excited to knock him out,” he said. Next time I’m going to work a little bit smarter.

Khamzat Chimaev addresses what he did wrong against Gilbert Burns, paying respect to the first opponent who pushed him to a decision in a back-and-forth war ...

“From the beginning, I tried to knock him out. “I said everybody. “Actually, it was a little bit hard to fight him because I see his kids, they come to me ‘you fight my daddy’ and I said, s***, f*** I don’t need that. “I love my face bloody and sweaty and kick somebody, punch somebody. “Before, I didn’t get that fight. I needed to let him up and knock him out again. I tried to knock him out. I loved it. “I was saying to everybody all week I was going to knock him out in one round. My coach told me all the time, you love to throw down and work more technical. Burns not only survived but stormed back in the second round with a series of powerful punches that opened a cut on Chimaev’s face and wobbled him during a couple of exchanges. Next time, I’m going to work to be a little bit smarter.

Gilbert Burns has sent a message to his supporters following his UFC 273 barnburner with Khamzat Chimaev. Find out what he said here.

I go against the odds, I don’t care. While Burns didn’t get the win, many agree that he saw his stock rise after the fight. Burns shared the Octagon with Chimaev on the main card of UFC 273.

The majority of people looking at his fight against Khamzat Chimaev counted Gilbert Burns out before the fighters even walked to the cage.

A lot of work, a lot of discipline, but it is what it is. And he said he appreciated the fact he got tested and had to go the distance to get his hand raised with a trio of 29-28 scores from the judges. But Saturday at UFC 273, Burns showed the MMA world – and in particular, Chimaev – that he’s a tough opponent to crack.

Gilbert Burns certainly landed some significant blows on Khamzat Chimaev in their barnburner of a contest at UFC 273.

if there was a knockdown, Burns not only would've won the round, Burns would've won the fight." Gilbert Burns was a massive underdog going into his highly anticipated clash against Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 273. However, it appears that it won't be long before fans get to watch the Brazilian in action. Gilbert Burns certainly landed some significant blows on Khamzat Chimaev in their barnburner of a contest at UFC 273. "I put a lot of work, a lot of discipline, but it is what it is. If we look at that official stat, don't be surprised if it says, 'zero knockdowns'. If it's not a knockdown, you don't know how the hell to score it...