During his time within the UFC, Shane Burgos was an enormous favorite amongst the fanbase as he was consistently involved in some incredible fights.
When he was a part of the UFC featherweight division, Shane Burgos was almost a everlasting fixture within the rankings despite never taking his profession to the subsequent level.
‘Hurricane’ Shane seemingly became content with the indisputable fact that he would likely never win a UFC title and made his name as probably the most exciting fighters in the game, putting his body on the road with each outing.
In his 11 UFC fights, Burgos won Fight of the Night on 4 separate occasions, making him a reliable fighter for the promotion to lean on.
Shane Burgos pleads for UFC return after becoming free agent
Following a win over Charles Jourdain in 2023, Burgos shockingly announced that he was leaving the UFC to hitch the PFL, where he went on to fight of their $1m lightweight tournament.
On the time, UFC boss Dana White admitted that the promotion ‘F—– up’ by letting the fan favorite go, which is incredibly rare for the UFC boss to do.
“That was a mistake (letting him go), you recognize. I just like the kid. Listen, do I feel Shane Burgos was gonna move on and be a world champion and all of this? No. But he’s fun. He’s fun. I like guys that come out and they create it each time they fight, and guys who wanna perform and guys who wanna win,” White admitted during a post-fight press conference.
“Who has it greater than that child does? I’m joyful for him, I’m joyful for him and good for the PFL too. He’s an amazing kid and not only an exciting, fun fighter, he’s an amazing person, so good for everybody involved. We’re not perfect, but we don’t f— up often, but we f—– that one up,” White continued.
And now, following Burgos’ loss to Clay Collard, he’s once more a free agent and has pleaded for a return to the UFC.
“There’s one option for me in my head, I wanna finish my profession within the UFC. I went to the PFL, and I even have zero regrets, hindsight’s 2020 and again, I even have zero regrets, I made good money over there,” Burgos told Inside Fighting.
“I just wanna finish my profession within the UFC, and I feel every fighter knows that the premier organization on the planet is the UFC. When it’s all said and done, I wanna lay my gloves down within the UFC cage,” he continued.
Burgos went on to suggest that he’s going to ‘stay ready’ incase a brief notice opportunity comes up, stating that the UFC can depend on him.
Shane Burgos suffered probably the most bizarre KO losses ever
During his six-year tenure within the UFC, the 34-year-old fought some big names within the featherweight division, including Calvin Kattar and Josh Emmett.
Nonetheless, one in every of the largest fights of his profession got here against UFC legend Edson Barboza.
After an incredibly close back-and-forth fight, Barboza connected with an enormous punch in round three, which hurt Burgos. Nonetheless, ‘Hurricane’ Shane seemingly recovered from the punch.
After which, he steadily began stumbling backwards and subsequently ended up on the mat, clueless as to what had just happened. The delayed response KO will go down as probably the most bizarre in UFC history.
