After Nassourdine Imavov, the subsequent cease for Caio Borralho is a shot on the middleweight division’s prime prize.
Driving a 7-0 report contained in the Octagon, the Combating Nerds fan favourite will face his hardest check but when he meets Imavov at UFC Paris on September 6.
With Imavov sitting because the top-ranked contender within the division, Borralho believes a win over ‘The Sniper’ will earn him a chance to face the winner of subsequent month’s 185-pound title conflict between reigning champion Dricus Du Plessis and undefeated Chechen monster Khamzat Chimaev.
“I’m 100% certain—all people is aware of that’s the primary contender battle! That’s why I wished this battle for thus lengthy,” Borralho advised MMA Junkie. “After this battle, it is going to be plain—to everybody, to the followers, to the UFC, to the fighters, to myself, to the staff—that I’m the subsequent contender!”
Caio Borralho plans to win his first UFC title alongside teammate Jean Silva
One week after Borralho meets Imavov in The Metropolis of Mild, his Combating Nerds teammate, Jean Silva, will face Diego Lopes at Noche UFC in what’s shaping as much as be a featherweight title eliminator.
If each fighters come out on prime of their respective fights, Borralho believes it will current the UFC with a novel alternative to have each of them compete for a world title on the identical evening.
“To be trustworthy with you, I feel me and Jean Silva are gonna have the belt on the identical day,” Borralho stated. “That’s what we’re planning. I’ve a principal occasion on Sept. 6; he has a No.1 contender battle, principal occasion on September 13, one week after. So I feel after we each win our fights, we’re gonna go for the belt. I feel the UFC is aware of we are able to promote, that’s the place the cash is. I feel they’re planning to place each of us to win the belt on the identical day. It will likely be large.”
