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JOSH BURNS

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JOSH BURNS
SAM SHEWMAKER
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BURNS vs SHEWMAKER

August 3, 2024 9:00 PM

August 3, 2024 9:00 PM

JOSH BURNSJOSH BURNS
  • Wins-loses-Draws

    6

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    9

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  • Division

    Heavyweight

  • Reach

    74in / 188cm

  • height

    72

    72

  • nickname

    THE HAMMER

  • age

    05/1978

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  • Nationality

    United States of America

  • social media

Josh ‘The Hammer’ Burns began his combat sports career in 2006 on the Michigan regional scene. Throughout his MMA career, Burns has gone 10-8 with about half of those fights being fought in Bellator. After a loss to the UFC’s Josh Parisian in 2016, Burns decided to take off the gloves and he hasn’t looked back since. 

Scoring one of the quickest knockouts in BKFC history over Sam Shewmaker is a nice feather in one’s cap. In addition, ‘The Hammer’ has a BK record of *6-8 making him one of the most experienced fighters on the roster. Burns first appeared in the Squared Circle against Chris Sarro who he knocked out cleanly in round two. He went on to lose to Frank Tate and then dominate the aforementioned Shewmaker. 

Josh Burns is an Army Veteran, a family man and a man’s man in addition. He makes fun of himself all the time about fighting at heavyweight, posting about how his diet is going and then showing varieties of food. He loves memes and comedy and his knowledge of how to utilize social media has garnered him a nice following.  

Burns and Shewmaker clash once again at BKFC Fight Night Pechanga in California and the question is will a rivalry form, or will Burns remain dominant out of the two?

fighter record

result
Event
method
round
time

BURNS vs SHEWMAKER

August 3, 2024

August 3, 2024 9:00 PM

STURGIS, SOUTH DAKOTA

method/referee

TBC
TBC

round

TBC

time

TBC

Shewmaker vs Burns

September 10, 2021

September 10, 2021 7:00 PM

Omaha, Nebraska

method/referee

TBC
TBC

round

TBC

time

TBC

Tate vs Burns

April 30, 2021

April 30, 2021 9:00 PM

Birmingham, AL

method/referee

TBC
TBC

round

TBC

time

TBC

Sarro vs Burns

December 11, 2020

December 11, 2020 7:00 PM

Biloxi, MS

method/referee

TBC
TBC

round

TBC

time

TBC

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