A welterweight tilt pitting Gilbert
Burns against Neil Magny is
in the works for UFC
283.
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Multiple outlets confirmed the targeted bout following an initial
report from promotion broadcast partner
ESPN. The booking is expected to be finalized shortly. UFC 283
takes place on Jan. 21 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro and
features a flyweight championship matchup between Deiveson
Figueiredo and Brandon
Moreno.
Burns’ lone appearance of 2022 came at UFC 273, where he dropped a
unanimous decision to Khamzat
Chimaev in a memorable fight. “Durinho” previously rode the
momentum of a six-bout winning streak to a welterweight title shot,
but he suffered a third-round TKO loss to then-champ Kamaru
Usman at UFC 258 in February 2021.
Magny, who owns the most victories in UFC welterweight history with
20, has won three of his last four fights within the Las
Vegas-based promotion. The 35-year-old Elevation Fight Team member
is coming off a third-round submission of Daniel
Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night 214 on Nov. 5.