Gilbert Burns says Kamaru Usman, friend turned rival, is helping him train for his huge upcoming fight with Khamzat Chimaez.
talked to 35-year-old Burns just a week and a half before his highly anticipated fight with Chimaev at UFC 273 ... and when we asked the #2 ranked fighter if he brought in any special training partners, he dropped this bomb.
"Usman came a couple of days to help out," Burns said,"He was helping me a couple of times, not training with me but kinda coaching."FYI, 27-year-old Chimaev has risen to stardom in the blink of an eye. He's 4-0 in the UFC and has literally been hit less than 5 times in his entire UFC career. Of course, Kamaru and Gilbert were once good friends and training partners at Sanford MMA in Tennessee ... but as Burns rose the ranks in the welterweight division -- where Usman is the champion -- and became a top contender, the Nigerian Nightmare left the gym.Any bad blood is clearly long gone ... and Usman, being a caring friend, wanted to help prep Gilbert for one of the most highly anticipated fights of the year.
Here's what's interesting ... there's a good chance Kamaru and Gilbert will fight each other again, and soon."That's Rocky and Apollo," Burns said.
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