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Chimaev, 32, is a three-time Swedish national freestyle wrestling champion and a former medalist in the Russian junior national championships. As for Burns, who turned 40 back in July, his wrestling has been limited to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) and submission grappling tournaments, putting him at a marked disadvantage for this Friday night\u2019s rematch.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor sure he\u2019s a better wrestler, you can say that,\u201d Burns told MMA Junkie. \u201cHe\u2019s competed many more times than me. He\u2019s a bigger guy, but the heart and the cardio, I think I can be in front of him. That\u2019s my goal: to frustrate him, get my good entrances, get him freaking tired. That\u2019s my goal. Get him freaking tired, look at him, and be like, \u2018I know what you\u2019re feeling. Let\u2019s go.\u2019 The way I look back at our fight, and the Strickland fight, he hates to get tired. That\u2019s what I think. My goal is to try to put him there and see how he feels. He\u2019s very strong, very long. I know there are a couple of things [his past opponents] did wrong that I\u2019m not going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n