Gilbert Burns expects to be out several months after suffering a shoulder injury in his loss to Belal Muhammad at UFC 288, but he won’t need surgery.
Burns (22-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) was noticeably compromised after the opening rounds of his unanimous decision defeat to Muhammad (23-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) this past weekend at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. He managed to make it the distance, but was increasingly ineffective as the bout wore on.
