Skeptics are counting on Gilbert Burns.
The Sanford MMA export will attempt to slow the unbeaten Khamzat Chimaev’s rise in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s welterweight division when the two men collide in an anticipated UFC 273 attraction on Saturday at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Burns has rattled off seven wins across his past eight appearances and remains universally regarded as one of the sport’s top competitors at 170 pounds. He last competed at UFC 264, where he took a unanimous decision from Stephen Thompson on July 10.