Gilbert Burns apologizes to Jorge Masvidal for ‘greasing’ allegation

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Gilbert Burns is sorry.

The UFC star, speaking to TMZ Sports just days after his impressive win over Jorge Masvidal at UFC 287, says he wants to apologize to the newly retired fighter… after Durinho accused Gamebred of a veteran’s old trick, greasing his body with lotion, making him hard to take down.

“I would like to take this moment to apologize, I kind of made some accusations to him after the fight. There was a lot of emotion. He was super slippery,” Gilbert tells us, continuing, “But I don’t I don’t want to throw anything bad at the guy. The guy had an amazing career. Made a lot of money. BMF champion.

“I fought for the title many times. So I don’t want to say anything bad to this guy. I would like to apologize to him, to his team. I think I made a mistake in accusing and I hope May he accept my apology.”

Sure, Burns, 36, beat Masvidal, 38, by unanimous decision in the co-main event on Saturday… but thought he could have finished, if Jorge hadn’t cheated by oiling his body, this which makes it almost impossible to drop it.

“That guy was super slippery. He’s an old dog, Miami lotion thing, because he was so slippery,” Burns said after the fight.

When asked directly if he believed Jorge had lathered himself up with something slippery, Gilbert didn’t mince words.

“100%, I believe [he lotioned his body]. I know those old tricks. They wake up on [Saturday] and take the first shower, and they put a lot of lotion on their body,” Gilbert explained, adding, “The skin absorbs the lotion, then after three hours you do it again, then after you do it again, then after you do it again. “

Masvifdal didn’t like the allegation too much… saying instead of lotion, it was GB’s “f***ing sh***y” technique.

Bottom line – Jorge and Gilbert respect each other, and with the apology, it’s likely that whatever little beef there was has now been crushed.

We spoke to Burns about a lot more (after 15 minutes of the fight, is Masvidal washed?) … and how he’s preparing to be the replacement for Leon Edwards’ title fight against Colby Covington.

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Burns says he’ll be ready to step in if one of the men can’t fight…and if they make it to the Octagon, Gilbert says he wants Colby to win.

But, not because he likes it… Burns wants to beat Covington for the title!

Check out the clip!

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