Plenty has been said about Charles Oliveira ’s statement win over Kevin Lee at UFC on ESPN+ 28, and not without good reason: This was a signature victory for “Do Bronx” as he inches closer to the top of the pack in the lightweight division. But that wasn’t the only statement made last Saturday in Brasilia, Brazil. In the evening’s co-feature bout, Gilbert Burns earned an important victory of his own with his first-round finish of the great Demian Maia. That’s five wins in a row for the Hard Knocks competitor by way of Brazil, and that’s enough to move him up in a deep welterweight division, where he’s now No
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MMA rankings report: Gilbert Burns makes move at welterweight – MMA Junkie