Since the return to the Welterweight Division in 2019, Gilbert Burns has fought many of the best contenders against £ 170.
Burns suffered a number of setbacks after his relocation of lightweight, but he has also achieved great success.
His first winning series, where Burns defeated the will of Demian Maia and Tyron Woodley, led him all the way to a title shot where he challenged his friend and former teammate Kamaru Usman in a tense affair.
'Durinho' is currently coming from three consecutive losses, but you only have to look at the opponents he has been defeated to see that he is competing at the top.
Burns sustained defeats for the current champion Jack della Maddalena, the former Champion Belal Muhammad, and the number one competition, Sean Brady.
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Gilbert burns Namur Colby Covington as the easiest fight in the Welterweight Top 10
Gilbert Burns recently confronted the best of the best and recently gave his assessment of whom the most overrated hunter in the Welterweight division is.
He chose to name one of the top names that he did not meet in the Octagon, although it is a matchup that “Durinho” has insisted in the past.
Burns needed some help from Kamaru Usman after he appeared on the podcast of Pound 4 pounds, but eventually he came to his answer from Colby Covington.
He clarified that he does not mean that 'chaos' was always overestimated with the American being a former interim champion who was twice confronted for the title for the title.
With Covington from back-to-back defeats, Burns believes that he is the easiest fight in the top 10 of the division.
“At the division, Bro, everyone there is very difficult. Jack [Della Maddalena]Sean Brady, Belal [Muhammad]Shavkat [Rakhmonov]. Ian [Machado Garry] Is also very, very heavy. Yes, Covington is overestimated, that's it. Covington is an easy fight for everyone in the top 10. The easiest fight now. Not when you [Usman] Moisted him, but now. '
Gilbert Burns will hold his place in the top 10 at UFC Vegas 106
In the main event of UFC Vegas 106, Gilbert Burns' place in the top 10 of Welterweight is at stake when he is opposed to the unbeaten Michael Morales.
The rising 25-year-old has five-in-one-row on his way to 17 May, after he stopped Neil Magny in the first round previous time-out.
Because Burns is only beaten by the very best that the division has to offer, this is a real sour test for Morales to find out if he is the real deal.
For 'Durinho' this fight can determine how long it will still hang if he can no longer compete with the best boys on £ 170.