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\nGilbert Burns believes Khamzat Chimaev’s weight cut played a big
\npart in his struggles at UFC 328. | Getty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n
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Gilbert Widely regarded as Khamzat Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “He trained with some aces of UFC BJJ like Vagner After Strickland upset Chimaev to recapture the middleweight belt, “Chimaev had a heart attack in the second round,\u201d Burns said. After UFC 328, Dana White revealed that Chimaev told him that he “No doubt. The fight is already sold, the two already have a Burns, who announced his retirement after losing to Mike Malott<\/a>
\nBurns<\/a> had a pretty good idea of how the UFC 328<\/a>
\nmain event would play out.<\/p>\n
\nChimaev<\/a>\u2019s first difficult test in the Octagon in their UFC 273
\nbout, Burns released a video on YouTube last week breaking down the
\nmiddleweight title bout between \u201cBorz\u201d and Sean
\nStrickland<\/a>. Burns predicted that Chimaev would have a difficult
\nweight cut and also revealed that Strickland had impressed some
\nBrazilian jiu-jitsu aces with his high skill level on the
\nground.<\/p>\n
\nRocha<\/a> and his son Aquile, that couldn’t submit him,
\nand I don\u2019t believe Chimaev will,\u201d Burns said in the video. “When I
\nsaw a video from Arman
\nTsarukyan<\/a> saying that [Chimaev] lost 20 kilograms [44 pounds] I
\nknew [the weight cut] would be hard.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nBurns released another video breaking down the happenings in the
\nUFC 328 headliner.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cCertainly it was due to the weight cut. He strangely stepped on
\nthe scale for three seconds. When he stepped, it\u00b4s clear that the
\nscale raises in an abnormal way\u2026 Definitely his weight cut was
\nterrible, and the biggest proof of that was one of the best
\nwrestlers of the UFC pulling guard in the first minute of the
\nsecond round.\u201d<\/p>\nCosta vs. Chimaev<\/h2>\n
\nplans to move to light heavyweight. With that in mind, Burns
\ndeclared that Chimaev vs. Paulo Costa<\/a>
\nis the fight to make.<\/p>\n
\nhistory of rivalry \u2014 Chimaev vs. Costa at light heavyweight,\u201d said
\nBurns, who pointed out that the promotion brought \u201cBorrachina\u201d to
\nthe event in Newark, New Jersey.<\/p>\n
\nin the UFC
\nWinnipeg<\/a> headliner on April 18, also revealed that he has
\nsigned to compete for UFC BJJ.<\/p>\n