Sean Strickland has a proof for Caio Borralho’s UFC Paris loss.
The previous middleweight champion lately educated with Borralho and he doesn’t imagine the Brazilian standout was at his greatest for Saturday’s combat as he was concurrently making ready to be the backup for the UFC 319 major 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 difficulty.
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 choice within the UFC Paris major occasion.
“Caio is my buddy, however he’s an fool,” Strickland wrote on Twitter. “He educated with us and was ineffective.
“Me: What’s fallacious 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 developing? Whoever informed you to try this, please hit him.”
Strickland elaborated additional in response to commenters, saying he was so annoyed with Borralho’s choice that he “wished to hit him.”
“I didn’t say something as a result of I wished to maintain his spirits up, however he actually took some unhealthy recommendation from somebody,” Strickland added. “That combat wasn’t him. It was lacking 4 weeks of coaching slicing weight twice.”
“What do you assume occurs whenever you kill your physique a lot in such a brief time frame?” Strickland mentioned, replying to a different commenter. “Precisely that.”
Borralho entered Saturday with a 7-0 file 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 in opposition to Imavov, the choice was hardly ever unsure 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 in opposition to Chris Curtis) since shedding a choice to Strickland in a lightweight heavyweight bout January 2023. He referred to as out Chimaev after his win, however matchmakers possible 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.
