The UFC keeps doing Burns dirty

[JoeRowe]

Burns said right before the fight he called Dana when he heard Oliveira was hurt. Asked for co-main.

He's a big boy who makes his own decisions, and has gotten more out of his career than anyone would have predicted 6+ years ago.

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

OP. The guy has two kids and a wife to support in Florida.

I think he WANTS to be fighting 3 times a year. Its not like Dana is making him do it for free..

 

[Kb7]

Plenty of fighters have gone on record stating that you can't really say 'No' to the UFC without facing consequences


Kinda the norm in dealing with narcissistic figures, like Dana. Dude holds serious grudges

Those fighters who said No were in different circumstances. You guys need to stop blaming the UFC, because your fighter loss tonight.

 

[Luckyme]

Every fight is a risk. He didn’t take much damage in the Masvidal fight so the short turnaround made sense.

It seems he injured himself in training and then re-aggravated it tonight. If he was in fact injured, he should have postponed the fight.

 

[jsbx45]

Plenty of fighters have gone on record stating that you can't really say 'No' to the UFC without facing consequences


Kinda the norm in dealing with narcissistic figures, like Dana. Dude holds serious grudges

People say 'No" to the UFC all the time. Can hardly get half of the top ten ranked fighters to even fight these days, so have to disagree with you on this. Burns is active, proving his worth, got paid, and came up short on this one. UFC not doing him dirty at all.

 

[Night Owl]

Burns is getting booed by the crowd (for being unable to perform injured)

 

[SuperAlly]

These UFC conspiracy nuts on here cracking me up

Burns wanted the fight

UFC didn't do anything to him

You all need to put your tinfoil hats away

 

[Trabaho]

He asked for it. He likes another 200k in his bank account

 

[SamuraiBro]

I like burns, but nah he could’ve waited. Instead he chose to fight and this is the result. I think if he was 100%, then he’d beat Belal.

 

[HHJ]

I compeltley disagree. He didnt have to take all those fights. Some would be quite happy to have so many co mains.

 

[Noraaq]

Burns got outclassed against a guy that everybody has been calling mediocre. Burns just ain’t that guy, and that’s ok

 

[HHJ]

Burns got outclassed against a guy that everybody has been calling mediocre. Burns just ain’t that guy, and that’s ok

Yeah but Belal isnt mediocre. They just dont like his style,so they want to BELIEVE he is mediocre.

 

[El Fernas]

Last time he fought he barely broke sweat, if anything it was a quick paycheck.

 

[MDoza]

The UFC has done everything possible to build Burns into a contender.

They consistently fed him past prime big name fighters (Maia, Woodley, Thompson, Magny, Masvidal).

Burns wanted the fight, so the UFC gave it to him. Poor decision making on his part.

 

[Sticko]

Just cutting weight twice in 30 days is crazy, let alone fighting 2 top UFC guys along with it in those 30 days.

Bella asked for a catchweight, I think 180, but Burns said no and insisted on 170. So that's kind of on him.

 

[BigDramaShow26]

He should bleach his skin and start rooting for Trump.

 

[BigDramaShow26]

Burns was dumb for taking this fight on short notice, it was his fault.

He had no choice tbh. Colby is the favorite because he's a Trump pushing good old boy.

 

[HHJ]

I dont blame Burns for fighting so often,but you can go to the well one too many times,so to speak,and it wound up hurting him this time.

 

[DestinedAussie]

This is Burns 3rd fight in 2023, and we're only at MAY!


Burns 4th fight since April 2022, which was against Khamzat.
The UFC threw him in there as a sacrificial lamb. Burns made the most outta it.


Now, after solid wins against Magny and Masvidal, Burns is finally a household name and the UFC chooses to throw him in there with a short notice fight, just about 30 days after his most recent fight.

Just cutting weight twice in 30 days is crazy, let alone fighting 2 top UFC guys along with it in those 30 days.

I'm not surprised that Burns is injured in there. There's only so much that the human body can accomplish, especially under USADA.


Now instead of taking his fan-favorite stardom into a UFC championship fight, Burns is getting booed by the crowd (for being unable to perform injured), and gets beat by Belal Muhammad.

I guess Belal fighting for the title in Abu Dhabi means more money for the UFC

Wow you can't win. Be active and critiqued for it.

Burns wants to get paid and get a shot. I don't think this loss really hurts him because of the injury.

 

[The Bloody Nine]

He wanted to fight, you idiot.