Gilbert Burns will finally enter the Octagon in 2018 at Saturday’s UFC on FOX 29 in Glendale, Ariz., against Dan Moret, but everything that happened in February taught him important lessons.
“Durinho” was slated to face Olivier Aubin-Mercier at the UFC on FOX 28 card on Feb. 24, but was pulled after the UFC’s medical team deemed him too heavy to try to make the lightweight limit.
The Brazilian grappler was moved to the Glendale card three weeks later, and expected to face Lando Vannata.