Gilbert Burns Biography
Gilbert Burns is a renowned mixed martial artist who is widely known for winning three-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world championship. Besides, he is also Nogi World Jiu-Jitsu and Abu Dhabi World cup champion.
Gilbert Burns is a married man. He and his wife are blessed with two sons. Scroll down to know more:
Gilbert Burn Early Life and Career
Gilbert Durinho Burns was born on 20th July 1986, in Rio de Janerio to Brazilian parents. He is a brother of One FC Featherweight contender Herbert Burns. Regarding his nationality, he is Brazilian-American and is of Brazilian descent.
As a young, Gilbert was sent to jiu-jitsu lesson by his father. He started training at the Academic Associacao Oriente affiliate of Nova Uniao. He trained there until the 2007 World Championship. Gilbert rose to fame after winning a silver medal at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship.
Following World Jiu-Jitsu, Burn also reached the semifinals of the European Open where he defeated Celso Venicius at the World Cup trials. He also won the 2011 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships.
Youtube: Gilbert Durinho fight highlights
In 2012, Burn was chosen to be the head grappling coach for Team Vitor by UFC fighter Vitor Belfort on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter. He trained the team for almost two years and made his debut at UFC.
As of now, he has face lot of match against several UFC stars. Some of them are Josh Thompson, Norman Parke, Rashid Magomedov, Michel Prazeres, Jason Saggo and so on. Only a few artists have been able to win Gilbert. As of his MMA record, he has won 13 games out of 15.
More recently, Burn was scheduled to face Olivier Aubin-Mercier at UFC. However, both were pulled from the card as Burn would not be safe to fight with the lightweight upper limit of 156 Ibs. Currently, he is working on the upcoming fight with Lando Vannata at UFC. The match is fixed in April 2018.
Gilbert Burn Married, Dating, Wife, Affairs, Children
Multi-award winning mixed martial artist, Burn keeps low profile towards his personal life. Scrolling his Instagram account, he seems to be a married man and also a father of two sons.
Burns often posts pictures of himself with his wife, Bruna Burns and their two sons.
The husband and wife appear to live a happy life. Besides, Gibert also seems like a decent husband as he provides equal time to his career as well as his family.
He has not been involved in any love affair and neither any news or rumors regarding her affair are broadcasted in the media.
Gilbert Burn Net worth, Income, Earning, Salary
Gilbert Burn has collected a decent amount of money from his fighting career. Besides, some of his titles has credited to boost his net worth. He has won several matches and tournaments through which he receives a good sum of money.
Allocating information from several sources as of 2018, his net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.
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