To say Gilbert Burns has an uphill climb to reach his goal is an understatement. He wants to put on such a great performance on Saturday when he fights Jorge Masvidal in the co-main event of UFC 287 at Miami-Dade Arena in Miami, Florida, that he'll become the next challenger for the welterweight title almost by acclamation.
UFC president Dana White has said former interim champion Colby Covington will get the next shot at champion Leon Edwards. Masvidal, who has a long-running beef with Edwards, hopes that by beating Burns, the UFC will buy the storyline of an Edwards-Masvidal title fight and give him the opportunity.
Burns has no beef with anyone, like Masvidal has with Edwards or like Covington and Chimaev do with just about everyone. He ran into Covington recently and, well, it didn't go like many might have expected. Burns is quite the opposite. He's an easy-going family fan who laughs often and easily, always has a good word and never seeks out trouble. He's the kind of guy who would pull over if he saw someone with a flat tire on the side of the road and help them change it.
"Dana says, 'Colby, Colby, Colby,' and I know Dana means what he says and he thinks about what he's going to say," Burns said, grinning."But that doesn't mean that things can't change, or that Dana's mind can't be changed." "Knowing how the division is, Dana having said Colby, all these guys chasing Leon, Conor being there, it puts pressure on me you know to really look good," Burns told Yahoo Sports."That's OK. That's good for me the way I see it because it will make me perform to get what I want. Colby is coming off a win over Masvidal and he's getting a title shot. It was a good performance, but it was a decision. It was a dominant decision, but it was still a decision.
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