Caio Borralho likes Sean Strickland as an individual, however he was left unimpressed by for ex-titleholder’s most up-to-date efficiency contained in the Octagon.
Headlining the promotion’s return to Sydney, Australia in February, Strickland was intent on reclaiming the middleweight strap he surrendered to Dricus Du Plessis a 12 months earlier. Sadly, ‘Tarzan’ would fail to take action, delivering a lackluster efficiency in The Land Down Beneath and surrendering a decisive unanimous choice victory to the South African star.
Having beforehand labored with Strickland at Excessive Couture, Borralho had nothing however good issues to say about Strickland’s conduct within the gymnasium. So far as his efficiency at UFC 312… Effectively, that’s one other concern altogether.
“I like Strickland, truly. He has at all times been man to me, you already know? He at all times handled me properly,” Borralho mentioned on the JAXXON Podcast with Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson. “After I was in Excessive Couture, he at all times supplied all the things—’Oh, you need to use the cage? You’re a part of the household; you should utilize the cage.’ And he didn’t even know me that a lot but, you already know? So I just like the man.
As for his preventing fashion, it’s strain, you already know? He at all times applies strain. However I feel in his final battle, he underperformed. I feel so. I feel he underperformed for positive. Props to Dricus as a result of he made the appropriate changes within the battle and from the earlier battle. However I feel Strickland underperformed.”
Caio Borralho closing in on his first title alternative
Borralho bagged the largest win of his profession in August, besting Jared Cannonier at a Battle Evening occasion in Las Vegas. It was the Brazilian’s seventh straight win contained in the Octagon and seventeenth total.
Extra importantly, it moved ‘The Pure’ into the No. 6 spot within the middleweight rankings, placing him in prime place for a title alternative. In fact, with Khamzat Chimaev virtually assured the following shot at Du Plessis, Borralho will probably must exit and win yet one more in opposition to a top-five opponent earlier than receiving his first shot at UFC gold.
