Gilbert Burns and Stephen Thompson have verbally agreed to face off in a battle between two former welterweight title contenders.
Contracts haven’t been signed just yet, but Dana White announced the news via ESPN, with the bout planned to happen at UFC 264 on July 10. That card will be headlined by the trilogy between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor.
Both fighters came really close to winning the welterweight title in their previous attempts, and they’re both likely see this match up as a way to get closer to another shot at the belt.
Burns, the #2 ranked welterweight, is coming off a recent loss in his title bid against Kamaru Usman last February.