Former UFC Welterweight title opposition Gilbert Burns goes back to action versus increasing star Sean Brady this weekend in the accumulation to UFC 306.

‘Durinho’ is wishing to snap a two-fight skid from inside the UFC Apex having actually not tasted success in Dana White’s promo given that April 2023.

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Burns (22-7 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, 15-7 UFC) beat Jorge Masvidal at UFC 287 before suffering beats versus Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena.

The Brazilian has actually been nursing injuries given that his TKO loss to the latter in March however stays the No.6 fighter in the UFC welterweight rankings.

Brady (16-1 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, 6-1 UFC) is 2 areas listed below him in the 170-pound class however is coming off a dominant win over Kelvin Gastelum in December.

This occasion will act as the warm-up act to UFC 306 at the Sphere where Sean O’Malley will safeguard his bantamweight title versus Merab Dvalishvili.

UFC Fight Night 242: Date and how to follow

This occasion will occur on Saturday, September 7 and is being held at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The primary card for the occasion is arranged to begin at 1am UK time on Sunday early morning, with the heading battle most likely to start at 4am.

The action will be revealed on TNT Sports and discovery+ in the UK.

The early prelims will be offered on the UFC Fight Pass and TNT Sports 2. More information can be discovered here.

talkSPORT and talkSPORT.com will be keeping you approximately date with all the current. 

You can follow all the accumulation on talkSPORT’s mixed martial arts YouTube channel.

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UFC Fight Night 242: Undercard

Subject to alter

Main card

• CENTERPIECE: Gilbert Burns vs Sean Brady
• Jessica Andrade vs Natalia Silva
• Steve Garcia vs Kyle Nelson
• Matt Schnell vs Alessandro Costa
• Trevor Peek vs Yanal Ashmouz
• Rong Zhu vs Chris Padilla

Preliminary card

• Ryan Spann vs. Ovince Saint Preux
• Isaac Dulgarian vs. Brendon Marotte
• Felipe dos Santos vs. Andre Lima
• Yi Zha vs. Gabriel Santos
• Jaqueline Amorim vs. Vanessa Demopoulos
• Andre Petroski vs. Dylan Budka
• Zygimantas Ramaska vs. Nathan Fletcher

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UFC Fight Night 242: What has been stated?

Burns has actually confessed he does not have actually excessive left in the tank as he evaluates the number of battles he has actually left.

“I’m getting freaking old,” Burns informed Grind City Media.

“10 years in the UFC has been very good, but I don’t know how much longer.

“I still got a couple fights left in me, so I’m not here for a long time. I still think I have a couple of good fights left – not a lot.

“Not two hands full of fights, but we still got at least one handful of fights left.”