Gilbert Alexander Pontes Burns is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and submission grappler. When Burns was young, his father offered to fix his customer’s car in trade for three months of jiu-jitsu lessons for all of his boys. Burns started training at the Academia Associação Oriente, an affiliate of Nova União led by Welton Ribeiro.
After winning the 2011 World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships, Burns decided to make mixed martial arts his main focus and made his professional debut in January 2012.
He currently competes in the Welterweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As a grappler, Burns is a three-time World Champion and World Cup gold medalist. He is the older brother of fellow UFC fighter Herbert Burns.[12] As of 12 April 2022, he is #4 in the UFC welterweight rankings.
What does Gilbert Burns nickname mean?
UFC welterweight elite Gilbert Burns is also known by his nickname, Durinho. Burns and his brothers Herbert and Fredrick started training together as teenagers at the Nova Uniao HQ in Rio de Janeiro. Vitor Ribeiro, one of the principal figures of their team, jokingly started calling Burns’ older brother ‘Todo-Duro’, which means Hardman.
The term was given as everyone thought him to be a tough guy. And they considered Gilbert as a lighter version of his older brother. So they named him ‘Durinho’, meaning a ‘tiny tough guy’. That’s how he came to be known as ‘Durinho’.