NFLers wringing their fingers over Friday evening’s sport in Brazil must loosen up … ‘trigger Gilbert Burns — a UFC famous person who’s from Rio De Janeiro — tells TMZ Sports activities the athletes are going to be simply nice in his homeland.

The difficulty has develop into fairly the speaking level ever for the reason that NFL introduced the Eagles would tackle the Packers in a São Paulo season-opening showdown — particularly after Philadelphia nook Darius Slay blasted league officers this week for planning the competition in a spot with a reported excessive crime fee.

However, after we spoke to Burns about what the fellows can count on after they lastly contact down in South America — he stated it straight up will NOT be “that loopy.”

He defined that like a whole lot of American cities — it has its unhealthy areas … however for probably the most half, it is “stunning.”

In line with Slay — who ended up backing off his Brazil feedback in a publish on X on Wednesday — the NFL has suggested gamers to remain of their inns throughout the journey. However Burns says the UFC has despatched comparable memos when its athletes have fought in Brazil, and he is stated those who’ve ignored it have not regretted it.

As for the notion that carrying the colour inexperienced may trigger issues … Burns says he is by no means heard of something like that.

“It’s totally good,” he stated.

Burns will struggle this weekend in Nevada in opposition to Sean Brady and he is anticipating present — but when he wasn’t slated to be within the Octagon … he informed us he’d be proper there in São Paulo catching all of the motion.