Burns vs. Brady Prediction on September 7, 2024

Match info

The men’s UFC Vegas 97 tournament for MMA, also known as UFC Fight Night 242, will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on Saturday, September 7 at 6 p.m. local time. This event is a part of the 2024 Season of UFC Fight Night, and the main attraction will be a matchup between Gilbert Burns, a former title challenger, and Sean Brady.

The bout will be held at UFC Apex and is within the welterweight class, where Burns is currently ranked sixth and Brady is eighth. The latter fighter has the better odds according to MMA betting sites.

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Meeting statistics

The current form of Burns

Gilbert Burns is an elite Brazilian jiu-jitsu combatant: the world champion and black belt holder. He began competing in the UFC in 2014, and in 2020, after handling Demian Maia and Tyron Woodley with incredible skill, he reached the pinnacle of his MMA career. Following that, Burns was granted the opportunity to fight the title, but he lost to Kamaru Usman in a match that would’ve made him the great champion, and his career took a turn for worse. Of his last seven fights, the Brazilian earned only three wins and had two losses.

At 38 years old, Burns—also known as “Durinho“ or the “tiny tough guy“—is starting to lose hope for the future: “I’m getting old as hell. Ten years in the UFC have been really good, but I don’t know how much longer I can cope. I’ve got a couple more fights left, so I’m not here for long,“ he recently stated.

The current form of Brady

Having competed in the UFC since 2019, Sean Brady, a former champion of Cage Fury Fighting Championships, has only lost once in his career—to future champion Belal Muhammad in 2022. The American has only engaged in one bout since that loss, and it was against Kelvin Gastelum, whom he caught off guard with a kimura.

Burns vs. Brady – comparison

Match analytics

Brady isn’t the best fighter and isn’t likely to be one, but even as such, he can still fight on par with Burns, who seems to be sick of fighting. It will be a tactical bout, mostly on the ground, therefore we don’t anticipate a bloody mess in this match. Brady won’t have the advantage on the ground like he got accustomed to though since Burns won’t surrender on him in this situation, and the stand-up fight will be extremely tight.

So, if we’re going to pick a winner, we’ll back up the Brazilian because of his background, drive to complete his career admirably, and capacity for moral fight. Brady is quite uneasy about powerful opposition, he hasn’t fought in a while and may be a little rusty.

Tip: Fight Result (Draw No Bet) Gilbert Burns, with odds of 2.50 on Coolbet.

Results of the forecast

Forecast failed. Victory Brady