{"id":389410,"date":"2022-05-21T15:59:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T15:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=389410"},"modified":"2022-05-21T15:59:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T15:59:16","slug":"wow-gilbert-burns-picks-leon-edwards-over-khamzat-chimaev-and-colby-covington-as-top-threat-to-kamaru-usman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wow-gilbert-burns-picks-leon-edwards-over-khamzat-chimaev-and-colby-covington-as-top-threat-to-kamaru-usman\/","title":{"rendered":"WOW! Gilbert Burns Picks Leon Edwards Over Khamzat Chimaev and Colby Covington as Top Threat to Kamaru Usman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight title contender Gilbert Burns spoke to Brendan Schaub on \u2018Food Truck Diaries\u2019 and weighed in on the state of the division. \u2018Durinho\u2019 Burns is coming off a \u2018Fight of the Year\u2019 contender against Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 273 in a fight he went on to lose.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the loss, Burns is one of the top contenders in the division and is just a few strong performances away from fighting for the belt once again. In the meantime, he has a polarising opinion on the next contender, who is set to face Kamaru Usman.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-389401 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-5-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leon \u2018Rocky\u2019 Edwards has finally received his call-up to scrap against Usman and possibly dethrone the \u2018Nigerian Nightmare\u2019. Given Usman\u2019s dominance in the cage, many fans believe that he\u2019ll simply use his wrestling prowess to control the Brit on the canvas.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nobody-has-ever-exposed-him-there-georges-st-pierre-breaks-down-how-he-would-beat-pound-for-pound-king-kamaru-usman\/\">\u201cNobody Has Ever Exposed Him There\u201d- Georges St-Pierre Breaks Down How He Would Beat Pound-For-Pound King Kamaru Usman<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Gilbert Burns picks Leon Edwards to become the next welterweight champion<\/h2>\n<p>Burns would reveal in a recent interview that he favored the dynamic striker in a match-up against Kamaru Usman. Burns is a former training partner and opponent of Usman, so his insight into the matter is most certainly relevant.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m telling you right now, Leon Edwards is very underrated. \u201cThat guy is very good. Just think about it: a striker, long and a southpaw. That\u2019s already tough, and that guy has a great team.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9a52fEB_e2w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI know Kamaru pretty well, but that fight is gonna be close,\u201d added Burns. \u201cThat fight is gonna be close, and I think if you got these three guys, me in my opinion, Colby, Khamzat, and Leon, Leon has the best chance to beat Usman.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he credited Edwards for being a striker who could also grapple and this has led Burns to pick Leon Edwards as the dark horse to dethrone the long-reigning champion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tY7HTlJEyzo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think because he\u2019s a striker, and he can grapple, and he can wrestle. Very long. These other guys are wrestlers. They can strike, don\u2019t get me wrong. Both guys (Covington, Chimaev) can strike, but they are wrestlers. That guy (Edwards) is a striker. [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/themaclife.com\/sports\/mma\/gilbert-burns-backs-leon-edwards-to-end-usman-title-reign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">maclife.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Rocky\u2019 Edwards surely has an uphill battle to knock off the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world. However, he\u2019s shown himself to be a multifaceted fighter and might just be able to overcome the odds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight title contender Gilbert Burns spoke to Brendan Schaub on \u2018Food Truck Diaries\u2019 and weighed in on the state of the division. \u2018Durinho\u2019 Burns is coming off a \u2018Fight of the Year\u2019 contender against Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 273 in a fight he went on to lose. Despite the loss, Burns is one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":389411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}