Having recently spent 15 minutes in the octagon with Gilbert Burns , Stephen Thompson thinks “Durinho” might struggle with Khamzat Chimaev ’s pace. Burns (19-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) is not currently booked to fight rising UFC star Chimaev (10-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC), but he is one of the few fighters who is open to it . Chimaev has looked nothing short of dominant in his four UFC appearances, having absorbed just one significant strike. But should a fight with Burns materialize, it would be his sternest test to date on paper. Thompson (16-5-1 MMA, 11-5-1 UFC) lost a unanimous to Burns at UFC 264 where he was predominantly out-grappled
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