Sean Strickland lashed out at Caio Borralho.
The Combating Nerds co-founder suffered his first loss contained in the Octagon at UFC Paris on Saturday, surrendering a decisive unanimous determination to Nassourdine Imavov.
Weeks earlier, Borralho served because the official backup for the 185-pound title conflict between Dricus Du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev — a choice that Strickland believes performed a direct function in Borralho’s loss in The Metropolis of Gentle.
“Caio is my buddy, however he’s an fool,” Strickland wrote on X. “He educated with us and was ineffective.
“Me: What’s flawed 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 battle arising? Whoever instructed you to try this, please hit him.”
Strickland needed to hit Caio Borralho
Strickland elaborated additional in response to fan inquiries, revealing that he was so pissed off with Borralho’s determination 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 battle 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.”
With the loss, Borralho now sits because the No. 7 ranked contender within the division and can possible must bag a powerful bounce-back victory earlier than getting his first crack at UFC gold.
In the meantime, Imavov has seemingly put himself in pole place for a shot at Chimaev’s crown after beating each Israel Adesanya and Borralho this 12 months. In fact, each Reinier de Ridder and Anthony ‘Fluffy’ Hernandez could have one thing to say about that on October 18. The 2 are set to headline UFC Vancouver in what may very effectively find yourself being a middleweight title eliminator.
