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Gilbert Burns Recovered From COVID-19, Ready to Face Kamaru Usman

Prateek Arya
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Gilbert Burns Recovered From COVID-19, Ready to Face Kamaru Usman

Gilbert Burns, who earlier left the main event spot of UFC 251. Now, has recovered from the COVID-19 disease, and is ready to face Kamaru Usman.

A terrific news has arrived for the fans of Gilbert Burns, and for the MMA enthusiasts in general. Gilbert Burns who abruptly had to withdraw from the July 11, event of UFC, following a positive Corona test, has recuperated from the virus that has been troubling the world. Burns is now once again ready to contest for the Welterweight title.

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Gilbert Burns Recovered From COVID-19

The welterweight took to twitter to post his latest test result.

In a sport where escalations take place very quickly, Burns was immediately substituted by Jorge Masvidal to get things running. With his comeback, he would like to continue from where he left off.

Gilbert Burns Ready To Face Kamaru Usman,

To give assurance to Durinho, recently Dana White conveyed, whenever the Brazilian comes back he will be the first in line to face Kamaru Usman. However, these claims can take a turnaround as the Welterweight Champion is on a 180-day medical suspension, and may not fight again this year.

Yet, it is sure-shot clear that whenever the showdown between the two fighters will be fixed, the follow-up of that will pave the way for adrenaline rush.

Both the fighters have an immaculate MMA record, as Burns is 19-3, and is No.1 in the welterweight rankings, on the other hand after defeating Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251, Kamaru Usman has furthered his undefeated UFC winning streak to 12-0, and has an overall MMA record of 17-1.

Therefore, now all eyes on experts and on the UFC administration over the speculations of the date of the fight.

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