Burns vs Chimaev

Who won Burns vs Chimaev?

Khamzat Chimaev beat Gilbert Burns by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 273, on Saturday 9th April 2022 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Khamzat Chimaev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Burns vs Chimaev stats

Gilbert Burns stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Khamzat Chimaev made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Gilbert Burns' 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Khamzat Chimaev marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Gilbert Burns' UFC record stood at 15-8-0, while Khamzat Chimaev's came in at 8-0-0.

The stats suggested Chimaev had a large advantage in power over Burns, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Burns' 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Burns and Chimaev would have been pretty equal, both with a 40% submission rate.

Gilbert Burns was the older man by 8 years, at 38 years old.

Chimaev had a height advantage of 4 inches over Burns. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Burns was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 years and 3 months earlier than Chimaev, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 48 more professional rounds, 69 to Chimaev's 21.

Burns vs Chimaev form

Burns had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Stephen Thompson at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kamaru Usman at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Tyron Woodley at UFC Vegas 1 on 30th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Demian Maia at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

He was victorious against Gunnar Nelson at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Chimaev remained undefeated as a professional.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Robert Whittaker at UFC 308 on 26th October 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had beaten Kamaru Usman at UFC 294 on 21st October 2023 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Kevin Holland at UFC 279 on 10th September 2022 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he was victorious against Gilbert Burns at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

He had won against Jingliang Li at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by submission in the 1st round.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Khamzat Chimaev had been fighting more than Gilbert Burns.

Going to this contest, Gilbert Burns had last fought 3 years, 8 months and 18 days ago, while Khamzat Chimaev's last outing had been 5 months and 2 days ago.

Burns' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 6 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Chimaev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Burns vs Chimaev?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any historical odds for Burns vs Chimaev.