Sean Strickland has an evidence for Caio Borralho’s UFC Paris loss.
The previous middleweight champion not too long ago skilled with Borralho and he doesn’t consider the Brazilian standout was at his greatest for Saturday’s combat as he was concurrently getting ready to be the backup for the UFC 319 important occasion between Khamzat Chimaev and Dricus Du Plessis. Borralho efficiently made weight for the Aug. 16 pay-per-view, however was not wanted as Chimaev and Du Plessis made it to combat night time with out challenge.
Wanting again, Strickland believes slicing weight twice in such a brief time frame took away from Borralho’s coaching for his combat with Nassourdine Imavov, who defeated Borralho by way of unanimous resolution within the UFC Paris important occasion.
“Caio is my buddy, however he’s an fool,” Strickland wrote on Twitter. “He skilled with us and was ineffective.
“Me: What’s mistaken with you?
“Caio: I’m slicing, I’m an alternate.
“So that you’re giving up 4 weeks of your camp slicing weight twice whereas having a combat arising? Whoever advised you to do this, please hit him.”
Strickland elaborated additional in response to commenters, saying he was so annoyed with Borralho’s resolution that he “needed to hit him.”
“I didn’t say something as a result of I needed to maintain his spirits up, however he actually took some dangerous recommendation from somebody,” Strickland added. “That combat wasn’t him. It was lacking 4 weeks of coaching slicing weight twice.”
“What do you suppose occurs while you kill your physique a lot in such a brief time frame?” Strickland stated, replying to a different commenter. “Precisely that.”
Borralho entered Saturday with a 7-0 report within the UFC and was trying to make a press release that he was the No. 1 contender to problem Chimaev subsequent for the middleweight title. Whereas Borralho was aggressive towards Imavov, the choice was hardly ever doubtful and Imavov went on to win the five-round contest by way of scores of 50-45, 49-46, and 49-46.
Imavov has now received 5 straight fights (excluding a no-contest towards Chris Curtis) since dropping a choice to Strickland in a light-weight heavyweight bout January 2023. He referred to as out Chimaev after his win, however matchmakers probably received’t decide on the matter till middleweight contenders Reiner de Ridder and Anthony Hernandez meet in the principle occasion of UFC Vancouver on Oct. 18.
