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Gilbert Burns’ welterweight debut is set, as he replaces injured Laureano Staropoli against Alexey Kunchenko at UFC Uruguay on Aug. 10, MMA Fighting learned following a report by Combate.
The Fight Night card will take place at the Antel Arena in Montevideo and feature flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko versus Liz Carmouche in the main event.
Victorious in four of his last five UFC lightweight bouts, Burns (15-3) is coming off back-to-back wins over Mike Davis and Olivier Aubin-Mercier. “Durinho” also scored submission wins over Gleison Tibau and Marcelo Azevedo in grappling bouts this year.
Kunchenko (20-0) is a former M-1 Challenge welterweight champion who defeated former UFC title challengers Thiago Alves and Yushin Okami in his first Octagon appearances in 2018. “Wolverine” finished 13 of his 20 opponents by knockout or TKO.
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Liz Carmouche
Volkan Oezdemir vs. Ilir Latifi
Vicente Luque vs. Mike Perry
Luiz Eduardo Garagorri vs. Humberto Bandenay
Oskar Piechota vs. Rodolfo Vieira
Raphael Pessoa vs. Ciryl Gane
Enrique Barzola vs. Bobby Mofett
Tecia Torres vs. Marina Rodriguez
Raulian Paiva vs. Rogerio Bontorin
Ariane Carnelossi vs. TBD
Alex da Silva vs. Rodrigo Vargas
Alexey Kunchenko vs. Gilbert Burns
Veronica Macedo vs. Polyana Viana
Chris Gutierrez vs. Geraldo de Freitas
This article first appeared at MMA Fighting – All Posts
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