On July 10 at T-Mobile Arena, mixed martial arts fans from around the globe will stop and watch as Conor McGregor battles Dustin Poirier in their highly anticipated trilogy fight.
Prior to that, however, Gilbert Burns and Stephen Thompson will square off in a huge welterweight showdown in the co-main event of the evening.
Gilbert Burns has his eyes on the prize
Burns is coming off the back of a loss to Kamaru Usman in his UFC welterweight title shot, whereas ‘Wonderboy’ is hoping to extend his two-fight winning streak to three - earning himself another chance at becoming the 170-pound champion.
In anticipation of the bout, Gilbert Burns has given his thoughts on what he thinks Thompson will try to do in order to get his hand raised.
Gilbert Burns and Stephen Thompson come across as two of the nicest guys in all of MMA - but when that cage closes behind them in Las Vegas, we can’t imagine that’s going to be the case.
They’re both incredibly skilled, technical individuals and when you mesh their two styles together, we could get some absolute magic, and there’s no better stage to do it on.
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