Gilbert Burns wants to take Khamzat Chimaev into deep waters at UFC 273, revealing that he has requested a five-round fight and is waiting on the UFC to send the proposed contract.
Chimaev has won all four of his UFC fights thus far via first or second-round stoppage, but Burns wants to teach the Chechnyan a lesson the likes of Li Jingliang and Gerald Meerschaert never could.
“Just waiting on the UFC with the confirmation and the contract,” Burns told The Schmo in a recent interview (h/t MMA News). “But I’m already in camp. I’m already getting ready for April 9 in Jacksonville against Chimaev.