Dana White was instructed to remove Herbert Burns from his roster.
The younger brother of welterweight contender Gilbert Burns faced Jack Jenkins at UFC 305 in Perth on Saturday night.
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Jenkins seemed to be the better striker from the first bell and caught the fans’ attention with his powerful attacks on the head and body.
Burns desperately tried to take the fight to the ground. The 36-year-old managed a few takedowns and repeatedly pulled the guard – but when they fell to the mat, he was unable to capitalize.
As the fight progressed, Burns visibly tired. Jenkins dropped “The Blaze” after first unbalancing him with a leg kick before following up with an overhand right.
The Australian crowd favorite attacked with a series of ground strikes, but when he realized that this would not lead to a stoppage, he withdrew from his fight and challenged Burns to do the same.
Burns was completely out of breath and possibly dazed and refused to get up.
Experienced referee Marc Goddard took one look at him and stopped the fight with only 48 seconds left on the clock.
Angry UFC fans responded to Burns’ apparent retirement by calling on White to remove him from the roster.
One person tweeted: “Cut him immediately.”
Another said: “One of the most pathetic performances I have ever seen in the UFC.”
Someone else commented: “I think this is the last Herbert Burns fight we’ll see in the UFC.”
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A fourth fan fumed: “He always gives up. Cut him out now!!”
The MMA fans’ wish could come true, as Burns has currently lost four fights in a row.
White would not have liked it if Burns had given up on himself, especially since the same thing happened to him in his TKO loss to Bill Algeo in July 2022.
The future looks much brighter for Jenkins, who has extended his UFC record to 3-1 and improved it to 13-1 since switching to professional MMA in 2016.
Jenkins entered the fight with a TKO loss, caused by an arm injury from his fight against Chepe Mariscal last September.
Gavin Tucker was his original opponent at UFC 305 and in a post-fight interview with former two-weight champion Daniel Cormier, Jenkins hinted that he would like to face him next.
“I think this is an easy job for the matchmakers,” he said.
“I used to live in Edmonton, Canada. There’s a show there on November 2nd.”
“So what we’re going to do is fight Gavin Tucker, who is Canadian and who I was supposed to fight here tonight, and keep building on that momentum.”
