Fightful’s Shakiel Mahjouri shared the following quotes from his interviews with several members of the MMA community previewing this weekends Kamaru Usman vs Gilbert Burns fight:
Drakkar Klose’s analysis:“I’m taking Burns. They trained together. I don’t think Usman is training down in Florida anymore. To me that means, I think, Burns got the best of him in training and that’s why he moved camps.”
Giga Chikadze’s analysis: “Kamaru is going to win this fight. I actually just sparred with Kamaru last week and he looked so,” Chikadze reveals. “So strong. I think he’s going to win the fight.”
Andre Fili’s analysis:“I don’t know, I don’t know. I think it’s cool to see what Gilbert Burns has done this past year. It’s really badass to see. Honestly, seeing his wrestling against Tyron Woodley was really impressive. His grappling is at a high level. Maybe he stops Kamaru’s wrestling but no one else has been able to. Kamaru is a real problem for a lot of people,” Fili explains. “Fighting is fucking chaos. People pretend it’s not, but it’s chaos. Nobody knows what the fuck is going to happen.”
