Two fighters who've fallen short of the top tier in the UFC's welterweight division will spend their Saturday night trying to avoid another slip.
Sixth-ranked Gilbert Burns and eighth-ranked Sean Brady -- each of whom has been recently beaten by new 170-pound king Belal Muhammad -- face off atop a 12-bout card at the Apex in Las Vegas with relevance on their minds.
Now 38 years old, Burns is just 3-3 in six fights since a failed title shot against then-champ Kamaru Usman in 2021, including a unanimous decision loss to Muhammad on the UFC 288 show in May 2023.