Masvidal is no real threat for Usman as Burns tops the ranking

The main event heat is building up at UFC Welterweight division after Gilbert Burns took a shot over Tyron Woodley at the main event of UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs Burns and winning fourth Performance of the Night award.

Burns continued his winning streak and carried it out to the sixth making Tyron Woodley a new one to his resume. While this is big upset to Woodley as he was just starting after almost a year of absence losing the championship to Usman.

After a stunning victory over Woodley, UFC Welterweight rankings just went upside down as Burns turned to become the rank topper standing at number one in rankings followed by Colby Covington.

Jorge Masvidal, Tyron Woodley, Leon Edwards stood next to at rankings. This ranking left no choice than to make the next opponent to Kamaru Usman for the Welterweight Championship.

At the post-fight press conference, UFC President Dana White made a statement about UFC Welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman's future.

Dana White stated that they will get back into the business this week and get worked out with the heated divisions. Dana promised to make plenty of matches for summer which includes Usman's match in July.

The next possible opponent for Kamaru Usman sounds Gilbert Burns cutting off chances to Jorge Masvidal. UFC's own, Daniel Cormier recently addressed the situation of Welterweight division and stated that Gilbert is the new contender which is confirmed by various officials.

UFC Boss Dana White was happy with Burns’ performance. He even stated that Burns will be in contention for the Welterweight title.

Moving Durinho to the top was like the only choice left as Leon Edwards is a sufferer of global situations. As regarding Jorge Masvidal, DC stated that he was not a threat in view of Kamaru Usman.

In a recent talk with Ariel Helwani, DC said that he spoke to Ali Abdelaziz before UFC Fight Night where Ali stated him about the ongoing situations in Welterweight division and revealed that the negotiations for Usman vs Masvidal are really hard.

Ali Abdelaziz also revealed that they were tough because Usman finds no threat in Masvidal and added that Usman's team thinks Masvidal like a journeyman. This leaves no choice but Gilbert vs Usman.

Usman is scheduled to defend his Welterweight Championship in July with an unnamed opponent which is standing in favor of Durinho.

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