'The good news is I don’t need surgery' - UFC Welterweight fighter Gilbert Burns gives updates on his shoulder injury

UFC star Gilbert Burns recently lost a fight against Belal Muhammad in the main event of UFC 288 and with this loss, he is also out of the UFC Welterweight championship contenders race. Muhammad is likely to get a Welterweight title shot against the champion Leon Edwards who recently defended his title against Kamaru Usman.

Meanwhile, Burns recently scheduled a live stream on his YouTube channel where he addressed a lot of things about the fight. However, he also talked about how he got his shoulder injured during the fight against Muhammad.

“He got the distance really quick and I was looking to counter his shots with a takedown, and whenever he tried to kick, I tried to jump to take down, and I got to his waist, I kind of jumped to get the good timing, but I did it wrong with my legs. He sprawled back a bit and did a down block, and I landed right on my left shoulder. All my weight, all Belal Muhammad’s weight was on my left shoulder. From there on it was hard to clear my mind and accept that I was hurt.” Burns was quoted as saying by MMA Junkie.

It’s going to be between two to three months of recovery: Gilbert Burns

Burns further added and revealed his several injuries and said these are not so serious and it doesn’t any kind of surgery. He is taking rest and sleeping a lot these days which has helped him to heal quickly. With this, he is also taking many medicines and it will take him 2 or 3 months to recover.

“I have an AC joint torn, but it’s the second-to-third grade, I have the dilatory torn. On the trap, I have a muscle torn, and I have a sprain on my C-4 and my C-5 (on my neck). But all of those are partial. Nothing major. Thank God I don’t need any surgery. I’m taking a strong inflammatory. I’ve been sleeping most of the time. 

As of right now, it doesn’t hurt because I’m taking so much medicine. The good news is I don’t need surgery. It’s going to be between two to three months of recovery. I’ve got to do a lot of rest in the first three weeks. I don’t think I even have PT. I’m just going to get a brace (for my arm). The good thing was all partial.” Burns said.