Gilbert Burns returns to the Octagon next month looking to get back to winning ways. The Brazilian fighter has lost two fights in a row and will look to turn things around against Sean Brady. Brady, on the other hand, has lost just once in his last three fights, to WW champion Belal Muhammad. The two are the main event of a UFC Fight Night event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
The event takes place on Sunday, September 8th starting at 4:30 GMT +5:30 live from the UFC Apex and is one of the final Fight Night events of the year at the Apex.
Preliminaries for the fight begin at 1:30 am GMT +5:30. American fans can watch the fight live on Starzplay and via UFC Fight Pass.
As for the overall battle map, it seems to be packed to the brim.
Main map
Gilbert Burns vs. Sean Brady
Jessica Andrade vs Natalia Silva
Kyle Nelson vs. Steve Garcia
Matt Schnell vs. Alessandro Costa
Trevor Peek vs Yanal Ashmouz
André Lima against F. dos Santos
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Rongzhu vs Chris Padilla
Ovince Saint Preux vs Ryan Spann
Jaqueline Amorim vs. Vanessa Demopoulos
Isaac Dulgarian vs Brendon Marotte
Felipe dos Santos vs Andre Lima
Yi Zha vs Gabriel Santos
Andre Petroski vs Dylan Budka
Meanwhile, Sean Brady believes that his striking power will be a problem for Gilbert Burns, despite being a dominant fighter in wrestling.
Brady wants more strikes than Burns
It’s no secret that Sean Brady is an excellent wrestler and that this is also his dominant fighting style in the Octagon. However, as it turns out, the American believes his strikes are just as dangerous. And he wants to prove it against Gilbert Burns.
In a recent interview with James Lynch on YouTube, he simply said that people would be surprised at how good a striker he actually is.
“We’re definitely going to wrestle, we’re definitely going to strike. And yeah, I think a lot of people miss my striking, and I think it’s going to surprise a lot of people when we get in there.”
According to Brady, the two fit well together stylistically and it will be an interesting fight for the fans that is worthy of being the main event.
For Burns, this fight will be crucial for the rest of his career. If he wants to challenge for the title again, he will have to get back to winning ways.
