Gilbert Burns has once again called out Leon Edwards to fight this year — this and much more on Tuesday's social media roundup.
Gilbert Burns calls out Leon Edwards on social media
Gilbert Burns and Leon Edwards are both probably in the most difficult position in the UFC welterweight rankings.
Edwards is on a crazy win streak and is yet to receive a title shot and Burns, although he recently was defeated Kamaru Usman he did perform relatively well during the fight and since has got an impressive win over the always dangerous Stephen Thompson.
With both fighters being forced to wait for the outcome of the rematch between Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington 2, it would make perfect sense to make Edwards vs Burns next.
Burns agrees with that and has called out Edwards very aggressively on Twitter.
Check out Burns' Tweet below.
“Your best win is Nate Diaz who is unranked and the last time he beat a true WW is….NEVER, you are on a 9 fight win streak and nobody gives a shit about you. I’ve beat legends in Woodley, Maia and WB…come get this smoke…BRUMMIE CUNT” pic.twitter.com/l1xAl6Lcds
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) August 9, 2021
Burns said "your best win is Nate Diaz who is unranked and the last time he beat a true WW is... NEVER."
Edwards then responded by saying when he called out Burns last year he declined to fight him.
Remember when I called that ugly bastard out and he was like no I’ll wait 12months for my title shot ---- #nochinburns #snake pic.twitter.com/78g96FcuDg
— Leon 'Rocky' Edwards (@Leon_edwardsmma) August 9, 2021
Do you think that Edwards vs Burns will happen?
On this day 2 years ago...
On this day 2 years ago Ciryl Gane made his UFC debut.
#OnThisDay just TWO years ago! @Ciryl_Gane ---- made his debut in the UFC!
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) August 10, 2021
-- Watch more on @UFCFightPass now! pic.twitter.com/ptiGTu1MvC
Gable Steveson mentions Dana White on Twitter
The newly crowned Olympic gold medalist on wrestling, Gable Steveson, who has always shown a big interest in making the move over to MMA has mentioned the UFC president Dana White on Twitter.
---- @danawhite
— Gable Steveson (@GableSteveson) August 10, 2021
Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley fight promo released
The official promo for Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley has been released and it is very good.
Set aside your bias towards the event for a moment. (I had to, too) Can we all admit that this is a hell of a fight promo? I'm impressed with the creativity. pic.twitter.com/fN088VuXVH
— Ryan Hobbs (@RyanHobbsMMA) August 10, 2021
Kevin Lee looks for a new opponent after Sean Brady pulls out of their fight
Kevin Lee has taken to Twitter for new opponent requests following Sean Brady's withdrawal from their planned fight on August 28th.
Brady is out August 28th. Who wants to step up and fight?
— Kevin MTP Lee (@MoTownPhenom) August 9, 2021
Who do you think Lee should fight?
Amanda Nunes hopes to fight "before December"
The UFC women's bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes plans to fight "before December" after she was forced to withdraw from her fight against Julianna Pena after contracting COVID-19.
Amanda Nunes hopes to fight "before December," ATT's Dan Lambert told @marc_raimondi. pic.twitter.com/Xeg8dhBg9C
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) August 9, 2021
Cyril Gane makes it back to France after winning the interim UFC heavyweight title
Made it back to France. Thank you @ufc , @danawhite , @HoustonTX . It was an amazing moment !!
— Ciryl Gane (@ciryl_gane) August 9, 2021
UFC announces its return to Abu Dhabi for UFC 267
The UFC has announced that it will be returning to Abu Dhabi for UFC 267 which will likely be headlined by Jan Blachowicz vs Glover Teixeira.
We're headed -------- to Abu Dhabi #UFC267
— UFC (@ufc) August 10, 2021
[ @VisitAbuDhabi @InAbuDhabi #InAbuDhabi https://t.co/d9jOMvuRxJ ] pic.twitter.com/JPB3z34hVD
UFC rankings update
Check out some of the biggest changes in the UFC rankings.
#UFCRankings update 8/10/21. pic.twitter.com/KtXTcvliuc
— Marcel Dorff -------- (@BigMarcel24) August 10, 2021
Nick Newell hopes that he is inspiring fans
Nick Newell has one of the best stories in MMA as he has only one arm yet he continues to compete in high-level MMA.
Newell is hoping that his story is inspiring his fans.
Nick Newell hopes ‘Notorious Nick’ inspires fans https://t.co/ZNPi4GuKXg pic.twitter.com/4ORlyyJKcn
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) August 10, 2021
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