Tonight at the UFC Apex, Gilbert Burns kept his pre-fight promise that we’d see a changing of the guard.
The Brazilian defeated Tyron Woodley via a judges decision, winning all five rounds on the scorecards and moving to six wins straight.
As usual, plenty of his peers were watching.
Check out some of the reactions below:
Whewwwwww what a start by @GilbertDurinho #UFCApex
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) May 31, 2020
That’s a bad cut on @TWooodley , they may stop the fight over that
— Alpha Cat Zingano (@CatZingano) May 31, 2020
That is a nasty cut. The cameraman is trying his hardest to get the close up #UFCApex
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) May 31, 2020
Burns looking phenomenal tonight!
— James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) May 31, 2020
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) May 31, 2020
Tyron seems to be trying to clap/will himself to explode but just not happening!
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) May 31, 2020
That was @GilbertDurinho ladies and gentlemen 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻you earned it brother 👊🏻👊🏻🔪🔪🔪
— Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) May 31, 2020
Gilbert Burns is one of my teammates , I thought this was going to be a dog fight . What a huge performance . We have some monsters on the team ! 🔥 #UFCApex
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) May 31, 2020
That was a super impressive fight by Gilbert
— James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) May 31, 2020
What a great performance by my man @GilbertDurinho #UFCVegas
— KAMARU USMAN (@USMAN84kg) May 31, 2020
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