Gilbert Burns was only one week away from finally fighting for a title after six years of fighting in the Octagon, but luck was not on his side. Last Saturday, ‘Durinho’ tested positive for COVID-19 and was consequently forced to leave the UFC 251 main event, where he was supposed to take on welterweight champion Kamaru Usman.
In an interview with Combate, Durinho’s brother, UFC featherweight Herbert Burns, shared what it was like for his older sibling to go through such a frustrating experience. During the chat, Herbert talked about how Gilbert did not show any serious symptoms of the disease and was mostly just devastated for missing his title shot, which ended up going to Jorge Masvidal.