Off the again of his spectacular unanimous resolution win over the returning former middleweight title challenger, Jared Cannonier in a single day in the principle occasion of UFC Vegas 96, surging Brazilian contender, Caio Borralho is assured he’s subsequent in line to problem for gold in opposition to Sean Strickland, nonetheless, isn’t selecting in opposition to present champion, Dricus du Plessis anymore.
Borralho, who entered his first headliner below the banner of the promotion in a single day because the quantity twelve ranked middleweight contender, managed to show in a Battle of the Evening show with perennial contender, Cannonier — en path to a formidable unanimous judging win over the course of 5 rounds.
And lengthening his successful spree to a formidable seven straight fights since his touchdown within the UFC from Dana White’s Contender Sequence, Borralho has staked his declare for a shot on the middleweight crown subsequent, with former champion, Strickland anticipated to tackle South African star, du Plessis firstly.
Caio Borralho requires title combat after UFC Vegas 96 win
Following his win over Cannonier, Maranhao native, Borralho steered he combat for the title in his subsequent outing — however was not sure if he can be preventing du Plessis or challenger, Strickland.
“I bought (Sean Strickland) successful this combat [with Dricus du Plessis], as a result of I feel Strickland received the final one, however perhaps he left somewhat bit contained in the Octagon that he may perform a little bit extra,” Caio Borralho informed assembled media after UFC Vegas 96. “However MMA is loopy. I at all times wager in opposition to Dricus and he at all times wins, so I’m not betting on the subsequent one.”
Let these guys (Dricus du Plessis and Sean Strickland) kill themselves and I’m the subsequent one [title challenger at middleweight],” Caio Borralho defined.]
Including Cannonier to a formidable run of victories, Borralho had beforehand knocked out Paul Craig and submitted Michal Oleksiejczuk, to go along with different spectacular selections over Armen Petrosyan, Abus Magomedov, and Makhmud Muradov to call a number of.
