Gilbert Burns

WelterweightComplete Fighter
15 - 10

25 UFC Fights | 60% Win Rate | 8 Finishes (53%)

Height
5' 10"
Reach
71"
Weight
170 lbs.
Age
40
Orthodox

Gilbert Burns UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Gilbert Burns is 15-10 in the UFC across 25 fights, with 3 wins by knockout, 5 by submission and 7 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 22-10, 7-0 of it outside the UFC. Burns competes at welterweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 5'10" with a 71" reach at 40 years old. The last bout was a loss to Mike Malott by knockout in Apr 2026.

Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 83rd percentile among 280 welterweight fighters (1.7/fight).

Gilbert Burns's UFC win rate is 60% (15 of 25 fights), and 53% of those wins came by finish. Burns averages 1.7 takedowns per fight at 36% accuracy and stops 54% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
22-10
UFC Record
15-10
Height
5'10"
Reach
71"
Age
40
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Mike Malott · KO/TKO · Apr 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Gilbert Burns's Last 5 Fights

Burns is 0-5 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Mike Malott · KO/TKO · R3 2:08 · UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott · Apr 2026
  2. Loss vs Michael Morales · KO/TKO · R1 3:39 · UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales · May 2025
  3. Loss vs Sean Brady · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady · Sep 2024
  4. Loss vs Jack Della Maddalena · KO/TKO · R3 3:43 · UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · Mar 2024
  5. Loss vs Belal Muhammad · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo · May 2023

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.2
Accuracy
48%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.16

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.7
Strike Differential
+-0.5
Opp. Accuracy Against
48%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.7
Takedown Accuracy
36%
Takedown Defense
54%
Control Time / Fight
2:49
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.4

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
4% KO
12% Sub
R2
8% KO
4% Sub
R3+
0% KO
4% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Gilbert Burns vs Average

Gilbert Burns's UFC Fight History

25 UFC fights on record (15-10), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LMike MalottKO/TKOR3 · 2:08UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott2026-04-18
LMichael MoralesKO/TKOR1 · 3:39UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales2025-05-17
LSean BradyDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady2024-09-07
LJack Della MaddalenaKO/TKOR3 · 3:43UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 22024-03-09
LBelal MuhammadDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo2023-05-06
WJorge MasvidalDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 22023-04-08
WNeil MagnySubmissionR1 · 4:15UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill2023-01-21
LKhamzat ChimaevDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie2022-04-09
WStephen ThompsonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 32021-07-10
L★Kamaru UsmanKO/TKOR3 · 0:34UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns2021-02-13
WTyron WoodleyDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns2020-05-30
WDemian MaiaKO/TKOR1 · 2:34UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira2020-03-14
WGunnar NelsonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier2019-09-28
WAleksei KunchenkoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 22019-08-10
WMike DavisSubmissionR2 · 4:15UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson2019-04-27
WOlivier Aubin-MercierDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega2018-12-08
LDan HookerKO/TKOR1 · 2:28UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier2018-07-07
WDan MoretKO/TKOR2 · 0:59UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje2018-04-14
WJason SaggoKO/TKOR2 · 4:55UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Branch2017-09-16
LMichel PrazeresDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg2016-09-24
WLukasz SajewskiSubmissionR1 · 4:57UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez2016-07-07
LRashid MagomedovDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 32015-11-07
WAlex OliveiraSubmissionR3 · 4:14UFC Fight Night: Maia vs LaFlare2015-03-21
WChristos GiagosSubmissionR1 · 4:57UFC 179: Aldo vs Mendes 22014-10-25
WAndreas StahlDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC on FOX: Lawler vs Brown2014-07-26

How Burns Ranks at Welterweight

Percentile among the 280 welterweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.2 sig. strikes/min
51st percentile
Striking accuracy48%
65th percentile
Strikes absorbed3.7/min
35th percentile
Takedowns1.7/fight
83rd percentile
Takedown defense54%
34th percentile
Knockdown power0.16/fight
48th percentile

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