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\nGilbert Burns called it a career on Saturday. |
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Retirement wasn\u2019t initially part of the plan for Gilbert However, those plans changed after the former welterweight title Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI was crazy confident I was going to get the win,\u201d Burns said on \u201cIf I cannot win, if I cannot show everything that I have, I don\u2019t \u201cDurinho\u201d rose to prominence after moving up from lightweight to While his career didn\u2019t end on a high note, Burns consistently I was able to make a living, make a career,\u201d Burns said. \u201cMake a \u201cWe always want to become the champion, the No. 1 [fighter]. I Looking ahead, Burns plans to stay involved with MMA in more ways “I still have a lot of challenges that I have to go through,” Burns Gilbert Burns called it a career on Saturday. | Getty\/UFC Retirement wasn\u2019t initially part of the plan for Gilbert Burns heading into UFC Winnipeg. However, those plans changed after the former welterweight title challenger suffered a third-round technical knockout loss to Mike Malott in Saturday\u2019s main event at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBurns<\/a> heading into UFC
\nWinnipeg<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nchallenger suffered a third-round technical knockout loss to
\nMike
\nMalott<\/a> in Saturday\u2019s main event at the Canada Life Centre in
\nWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Burns laid down his gloves in the
\nOctagon at the conclusion of the bout. It was the 39-year-old
\nBrazilian\u2019s fifth consecutive loss within the Las Vegas-based
\npromotion.<\/p>\n
\nthe Paramount+ post-fight show. \u201cI was 1,000 percent confident that
\nI was going to win. I knew if something goes wrong, I don\u2019t want to
\ndo this no more. Not because of anyone. Because I\u2019m not showing my
\n100 percent. Maybe the age or whatever but I feel a little stuck.
\nThe fire is still there but I\u2019m still a little stuck. I cannot let
\ngo.<\/p>\n
\nwant to do this. I don\u2019t want to get just a paycheck. I try and I
\ngave everything and if I cannot do it, then I cannot do it. It\u2019s
\nfine. We move on. I\u2019ve still got a lot of challenges that I want to
\ngo through.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nwelterweight in 2019. After a four-bout winning streak that
\nincluded victories over the likes of Demian Maia<\/a>
\nand Tyron
\nWoodley<\/a>, Burns suffered a third-round TKO loss to Kamaru
\nUsman<\/a> in a 170-pound title bout at UFC 258. The Kill Cliff FC
\nproduct remained a major factor in the division for the next couple
\nyears, besting the likes of Stephen
\nThompson<\/a>, Neil Magny<\/a>
\nand Jorge
\nMasvidal<\/a> while giving Khamzat
\nChimaev<\/a> one of the most difficult tests of his promotional
\ntenure.<\/p>\n
\nsquared off against some of the top talents in the division even in
\nthe twilight of his UFC tenure.<\/p>\n
\nliving off the UFC. Off those MMA fights, off those battles. I was
\nable to make money, to own my house. I was able to do a lot of
\nthings with money like financially, I\u2019m stable. I was able to
\ninvest money. I take care of my beautiful kids and my wife. So I\u2019m
\nvery happy.<\/p>\n
\ntried as hard [as I could]. I tried so much. I gave my life to
\nthat. I bleed. I sweat. I\u2019m content with my career.\u201d<\/p>\nThe Next Step<\/h2>\n
\nthan one.<\/p>\n
\nsaid. “I want to become an MMA manager, I think. I think I can do a
\ngreat job. I know how to make a career. I want to help these guys
\nin jiu-jitsu. I never want to open a gym, but I have a very close
\nfriend of mine, Vagner
\nRocha<\/a>, who’s changing a lot of kids’ lives, and that’s what I
\nwant to do. It’s not teaching kids martial arts, but it’s changing
\nthose guys’ future. I’m going to open up a gym soon in South
\nFlorida. I’m going to become an MMA manager. I’m going to take care
\nof my family and my kids, my wife.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"