Throughout his time within the UFC, Shane Burgos was an enormous favourite amongst the fanbase as he was persistently concerned in some unimaginable fights.
When he was a part of the UFC featherweight division, Shane Burgos was virtually a everlasting fixture within the rankings regardless of by no means taking his profession to the subsequent degree.
‘Hurricane’ Shane seemingly grew to become content material with the truth that he would seemingly by no means win a UFC title and made his title as one of the vital thrilling fighters within the sport, placing his physique on the road with each single outing.
In his 11 UFC fights, Burgos received Combat of the Night time on 4 separate events, making him a dependable fighter for the promotion to lean on.
Shane Burgos pleads for UFC return after turning into free agent
Following a win over Charles Jourdain in 2023, Burgos shockingly introduced that he was leaving the UFC to hitch the PFL, the place he went on to battle of their $1m light-weight match.
On the time, UFC boss Dana White admitted that the promotion ‘F—– up’ by letting the fan favourite go, which is extraordinarily uncommon for the UFC boss to do.
“That was a mistake (letting him go), you understand. I like the child. Pay attention, do I believe Shane Burgos was gonna transfer on and be a world champion and all of this? No. However he’s enjoyable. He’s enjoyable. I like guys that come out they usually carry it each single time they battle, and guys who wanna carry out and guys who wanna win,” White admitted throughout a post-fight press convention.
“Who has it greater than that child does? I’m pleased for him, I’m pleased for him and good for the PFL too. He’s an awesome child and never simply an thrilling, enjoyable fighter, he’s an awesome individual, so good for everybody concerned. We’re not excellent, however we don’t f— up usually, however we f—– that one up,” White continued.
And now, following Burgos’ loss to Clay Collard, he’s as soon as once more a free agent and has pleaded for a return to the UFC.
“There’s one choice for me in my head, I wanna end my profession within the UFC. I went to the PFL, and I’ve zero regrets, hindsight’s 2020 and once more, I’ve zero regrets, I made good cash over there,” Burgos advised Inside Combating.
“I simply wanna end my profession within the UFC, and I believe each fighter is aware of that the premier group on the planet is the UFC. When it’s all stated and achieved, I wanna lay my gloves down within the UFC cage,” he continued.
Burgos went on to counsel that he’s going to ‘keep prepared’ incase a brief discover alternative comes up, stating that the UFC can depend on him.
Shane Burgos suffered one of the vital weird KO losses ever
Throughout his six-year tenure within the UFC, the 34-year-old fought some large names within the featherweight division, together with Calvin Kattar and Josh Emmett.
Nonetheless, one of many greatest fights of his profession got here in opposition to UFC legend Edson Barboza.
After an extremely shut back-and-forth battle, Barboza related with a giant punch in spherical three, which damage Burgos. Nonetheless, ‘Hurricane’ Shane seemingly recovered from the punch.
After which, he steadily started stumbling backwards and subsequently ended up on the mat, clueless as to what had simply occurred. The delayed response KO will go down as one of the vital weird in UFC historical past.