Welterweight contender Gilberts Burns took questions from UFC’s McKenzie Pavacich following his co-main event victory at UFC …
Mackenzie Popovich here in Miami joined by Gilbert Burns Gilbert an incredible fight how do you feel after coming away with the victory over horian hospital I feel great no injuries no scars no scratches nothing I feel great for sure I would love to have a finish that was the plan knockout submission but he was so freaking slippery there’s a there’s a there’s a old guy tricky you know she was so slippery uh but that was in the back of my head if I don’t if I know I cannot finish if I know I can knock him out I gotta Dominate and then I think that’s exactly what I did I had three take down attempts three takedowns I knock him down I feel great in there the takedowns despite the slipperiness we were actually trying to figure it out backstage we were like is that Gilbert or is it Jorge or is it a mix of both like how could you possibly get a takedown or a submission attempt but you manage three takedowns was there anything in this fight though uh that surprised you that Jorge maybe did or didn’t do he was strict you know I was listening to his coach I have that breaking Spanish with me and his coach hey if he goes down uppercut and you’ll be right there and then I’m like I’m not going down if you come a little closer uppercut is it I’m listening to everything that’s right kind of sometimes I always a little recent because I saw he was kind of buying me to a trick and they’re like no I’m not going but it was trick you know but for sure 100 is Liberty but yeah I managed to go through the guy has a lot of tricks he’s a freaking dog he threw a couple good shots in there nothing that hurt me but I had my my guard very good I’m getting better and don’t get too much heat work a lot of that with my coach and be more relaxed you know I like it I like it 2033 two two five two Wings one finish one dominate Wing looking forward to the next one we’ve talked times this year about a not everyone seem to have to ask she said I was so happy I was so happy I was leaving the hotel and she was coming to the arena and she I gotta talk to you and we pray and she took the kids out of the room they were all ready to go and they say I want you to fight very hard you see I’m gonna do it yeah but fights him more don’t go crazy fight smart fight hard and when she left I said oh that was only thank you so much like it was nothing you gotta do it’s just this say I’m gonna fight so hard and I’m gonna fight smart and I think that was exactly what I did also a narrative this week was if you put on a dominant performance you said if you finished Jorge you believed that that would make a strong enough case for you to fight for the title next potentially jumping uh Colby if that is the case of who’s fighting next do you think though this performance uh as entertaining and dominant as it was do you think that that did enough to maybe still get you to the title against Leon uh the the the Bosch talk to me you know both of them they say oh Kobe is next for sure we almost show you that they almost show you the place but you’re next and uh I might be back up we’ll see we’ll see I might go to London but I I let’s see I’m I’m willing to fight anyone at any time I’ve been proven over and over again but not this time I’m waiting for the title shot I want to go to London as a backup and I want to be the next one entitled the next one in line for the title and I’m so committee I’m so professional I changed a lot of things on my life that’s the year I’m gonna become a champion I just need the opportunity and I I think today I earned the opportunity of course Jorge was born and raised in my FB Mr 305 but you’ve been a resident of South Florida for a decade now do you think today you might have won the battle for Miami and won some fans over especially if Jorge is actually retired no He’s Still The King and I know he’s not going to retire I know so people here love him with a lot of pressure I was kind of I got prepared do a lot I did a lot of visualization with ready but it wasn’t more than I thought they were loud and crazy oh wow okay it’s a little I’m a little bit more nervous than I thought but yeah he’s still the king the guy born and raised it here right here I’m he’s a warrior 52 Pro fights still top of the game yeah a lot of respect to George I think they would they would adopt to me as a as a new guy I’m king of Brazil now although how to retires from the king of Rio king of Brazil I don’t want to be the king of Miami let George be the king of Miami I want to be the king from the world away division there we go the king of the welfare Division if that is in the cards I can’t wait to see it happen thank you so much and thank you custom look