Following his main event victory over Neil Magny at UFC 283 on Saturday, welterweight contender Gilbert Burns spoke with UFC’s …
Mackenzie pop is a chair inside janessarino joined by Welter rate Gilbert burns after an incredible performance here at UFC 283 Gilbert it’s been a while since you’ve fought in Rio de Janeiro how much did it mean to you to get to come back here to your home and fight in front of family and friends it means so much to be back in Brazil my people my city my country everybody was here I had a lot of friends coming my parents my wife my kids so many friends it means a lot you know to be able to do that for my guys kind of to give back because I know a lot of guys in Brazil like Almeida he lives all the way in Bahia in a small City UFC probably never going to be there even Glover he’s from from Belo Horizonte but for a small City but I have the opportunity to do the UFC coming to my city and have all my friends family here so I have that privilege and then I gotta I have to perform you know it’s a lot of pressure and uh it was crazy because I was saying goodbye to my wife before I was coming to the fight and then she said something that I like he hold on to me she said I don’t want you to bang it today I want a quick super Mission don’t get hit you promise you’re gonna do that and say yeah okay I promise okay you promise you’re gonna do that say yeah okay I don’t want to make her mad she’s a black belt on Jiu Jitsu too so I like yeah okay and uh the funny story I was getting my dishes so get it going and I saw the right-handed there I saw it then I said okay I’m gonna start to throw it so hard on this guy in the beginning and then I kind of remember the promise oh I I gotta finish this guy okay okay let me if the right hand doesn’t connect I’m gonna shop for take it down and then he stepped back take down was right there okay I’m gonna finish this guy and then but what she said just came back to my mind and say oh okay I got it there’s a phrase that we say it’s happy wife happy life do you have something like that yes I do yeah he’s gonna be I’m gonna have a beautiful night beautiful week beautiful month everything is going to be good right now all because you listen to your wife good idea so the last time you fought in Rio was seven years ago it was your third UFC fight ever and you fought Cowboy Oliveira in that time how much have you changed as an athlete and a person I improved so much I remember even today Harry were saying we’re we’re here in some more hidden pads on the back on the locker room and then I just hear boo and I say wow someone hits very hard they’re here yeah but I’m not impressed with that and I said what do you mean he said well just like you we call barley very remember we were hitting very hard but you’re very stiff and he said I like when I hear Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom so the guy’s doing combination moving the feet in and out not just throw one heart and then like wow I’ll show you what about me what do you think he said no we improved so much and they say yeah I agree so even we’re doing pads I was just hitting moving my feet not just one Hard Punch but a lot of punch so yeah I improved so much very nice to be back in Brazil now a top Contender I do believe I’m Gonna Be A Champion like in Moreno so maybe not your day maybe not tomorrow but I’m getting that belt pretty soon very happy to be back here and giving a show to all my people he always Unforgettable it was an incredible show did you anticipate it being as easy as you made it look to finish Neil magni I I hate to do that I didn’t I was ready for war I was ready I was thinking I’m gonna be able to finish but in order to step in the octagon and give him 100 I gotta I do like an acceptance I accept that I might get hurt and I have to keep chasing the wind I gotta win any means necessary so I put myself okay I might get her I might get cut I might break something I don’t want to might leave a piece of me over there but I’m okay with it and so I don’t anticipate it to go easy I thought at the back of my head okay if I take him down if I connect he’s out but I gotta be ready for a war you know when I was ready we spoke earlier this week and you said that you believed you had a couple of more fights before you had another title shot why is Colby Covington the one that makes sense for you next because it’s been calling him out so long I heard the UFC wants to do the ultimate fighter and the top containers for sure Leon is already fighting Kamara for the trilogy the other two guys there just me and Kobe that’s it so dude which made father mean Club is going to be great I’m gonna beat Kobe and I’m gonna get that Bell so that’s it if you know if they keep complaining give me the next guy I don’t care but if okay at least one time you want Hamza take your hands out you want to I want you magnet if at one time I can pick yeah give me a call because at least one time let me pick because these guys are just running easy to get the first fight out of the way in January you have the whole year ahead of you if it not The Ultimate Fighter when do you hope to be back next soon soon with Kobe doesn’t want if UFC doesn’t want this fight give me below give me much if you download I don’t care but I I want a busy year and I want to establish I don’t want no favor I want to establish myself as the net as the next guy fighting for the title so if Kobe is been running saying give me give me majidao anyone I want to stay be I want a busy I want to work you don’t hear this guy saying that I want to work I want to train very hard I want to compete as much time as I can and I want to earn a title shot I want no favors that I want to call him out I want to talk trash no I want to work and earn my title shot I would watch any of those fights you just listed multiple times over so hopefully we see all of them this year yes well we will let you get to celebrating thank you so much