UFC’s Gilbert Burns Downplays NFLer’s Brazil Issues, ‘It is Not That Loopy’

NFLers wringing their arms over Friday evening’s recreation in Brazil have to chill out … ‘trigger Gilbert Burns — a UFC celebrity who’s from Rio De Janeiro — tells TMZ Sports activities the athletes are going to be simply high-quality in his fatherland.

The difficulty has turn into fairly the speaking level ever for the reason that NFL introduced the Eagles would tackle the Packers in a São Paulo season-opening showdown — particularly after Philadelphia nook Darius Slay blasted league officers this week for planning the competition in a spot with a reported excessive crime charge.

However, once we spoke to Burns about what the blokes can count on after they lastly contact down in South America — he stated it straight up will NOT be “that loopy.”

He defined that like numerous American cities — it has its dangerous areas … however for essentially the most half, it is “lovely.”

The truth is, he inspired the gamers to spend their free time touring the city.

“These guys — all of the soccer gamers — they appear like Brazilians a little bit bit,” the 38-year-old Brazilian fighter stated. “They’re massive, they’re robust. So they don’t seem to be going to have any issues there. And they’ll have numerous enjoyable.”

In line with Slay — who ended up backing off his Brazil comments in a publish on X on Wednesday — the NFL has suggested gamers to remain of their inns throughout the journey. However Burns says the UFC has despatched related memos when its athletes have fought in Brazil, and he is stated those who’ve ignored it have not regretted it.

As for the notion that sporting the colour inexperienced would possibly trigger issues … Burns says he is by no means heard of something like that.

“It’s extremely good,” he stated.

Burns will struggle this weekend in Nevada in opposition to Sean Brady and he is anticipating a great present — but when he wasn’t slated to be within the Octagon … he instructed us he’d be proper there in São Paulo catching all of the motion.

“It is going to be massive,” he stated of the sport. “It is going to be larger than folks assume.”