After Nassourdine Imavov, the subsequent cease for Caio Borralho is a shot on the middleweight division’s prime prize.
Driving a 7-0 file contained in the Octagon, the Preventing Nerds fan favourite will face his hardest take a look at 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 possibility 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—everyone 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 will likely be simple—to everybody, to the followers, to the UFC, to the fighters, to myself, to the crew—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 Gentle, his Preventing 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 singular alternative to have each of them compete for a world title on the identical night time.
“To be sincere with you, I believe me and Jean Silva are gonna have the belt on the identical day,” Borralho mentioned. “That’s what we’re planning. I’ve a essential occasion on Sept. 6; he has a No.1 contender battle, essential occasion on September 13, one week after. So I believe after we each win our fights, we’re gonna go for the belt. I believe the UFC is aware of we will promote, that’s the place the cash is. I believe they’re planning to place each of us to win the belt on the identical day. It is going to be large.”
