Gilbert Burns: Khamzat Chimaev kommer besegra Leon Edwards

Den kommande titelutmanaren i weltervikt Gilbert Burns tror att svenske Khamzat Chimaev kommer bli för svår mot Leon Edwards i konkurrenternas kommande match.

Med åtta raka segrar på kontor skulle Edwards ha kunnat få gå titelmatchen som nu Burns istället kommer få gå och en seger för jamaicanen härnäst skulle mycket väl kunna ge honom titelchansen. Burns tror dock att Chimaev kommer att stoppa dessa planer.

Brassen sade följande enligt MMA Fighting:

I do think Khamzat Chimaev will beat Leon Edwards. I think he can do it. I think the wrestling will be the difference and he will do it.

I’ve been impressed. Nothing crazy, nothing like ‘oh he fought these guys!’ Nothing super impressive with his opponents but he’s been doing a great job. The matchup is bad for [Leon Edwards] there. I think [Chimaev] is very strong and can out wrestle him. I don’t think he’ll destroy him but I think he’ll out wrestle him and make the fight very dirty. And I think he can do it.

Burns säger att han längtar efter att möta sina konkurrenter i framtiden inte minst Chimaev:

Any one of these guys, to be honest with you. I want to fight every single one of these guys. That’s exactly what I’m going to do. I believe I’m going to beat Kamaru but worst case scenario if everything goes wrong and I lose I’m going to be fighting again very soon.

I hope I’m going to win, I’m working very hard for that. I believe in that. But that’s all my next opponents, Colby Covington, Jorge Masvidal, Khamzat Chimaev, Leon Edwards, [Stephen] “Wonderboy” Thompson, Michael Chiesa, every single one of these guys. These are my next opponents and I can’t wait to fight every single one of these guys.

Chimaev möter Edwards den 13 mars i Las Vegas. Burns möter i sin tur mästaren Kamaru Usman redan den 13 februari.