Fighting Lifestyle UAE’s Ali Shirazee caught up with multiple time BJJ world Champion and UFC lightweight contender Gilbert Burns ‘Durinho’ (9-0). In an exclusive interview with FLUAE, Gilbert Burns talks about his upcoming super fight against Leandro Lo in Copa Podio on November 22, his MMA career, His camp & training at the Blackzilians, his last fight at UFC 179 against Christos Giagos, In addition he talks about the controversy surrounding Alistair Overeem which led to Overeem leaving Blackzilians.
Gilbert Burns talks about his upcoming super fight against Leandro Lo at Copa Podio which will take place in Rio, Brazil on November 22nd.
“I always love a challenge, they called me to fight against a guy called Leandro Lo, he is a very tough opponent with very high level Jiu-Jitsu who is 100% focused on Jiu-Jitsu, and I beat that guy 3 times before. Twice in the GI and One time with out GI in the NO GI worlds. I believe so much in my Jiu-Jitsu, even though I train in other martial arts, I know I can beat this guy. I am mentally stronger than these guys, I have a lot of heart. I just had my fight in the UFC, now I put my GI on and start two weeks of hard training, will be amazing. That guy is good but I think I am better.”
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