When Herbert Burns walks to the cage to face Bill Algeo as part of the UFC on ABC 3 undercard this Saturday at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, nearly two years will have passed since his most recent appearance inside the Octagon. To what does he owe such an extended absence? Reconstructive surgery on his right knee.
“I had a serious injury,” Burns told Sherdog.com. “It was a total tear of my ACL. It took a long time to recover. That’s why sports fans haven’t seen me in a long time.