In an interview with Stake.com, seventh place UFC middleweight CAIO Borralho revealed that his victory within the upcoming match in opposition to second place Nassoldeen Imavov doesn’t assure a title shot in opposition to newly-woned champion Khamzat Chimaev. Borralho is presently following a 13-match profitable streak courting again to 2015, and most not too long ago received a decisive victory final August in opposition to former title challenger Jared “The Killa Gorilla” cannonier. Imavov is stolen the TKO victory over former middleweight champion and UFC Corridor of Fame Israel Adesanya. The middleweight division is extra dense than any level in UFC historical past.
There is a bottleneck on the high of the division, which leads to a little bit of a event. Imavov vs Borralho was set for September sixth, with sixth-ranked competitor fight quantity #4 Anthony “Fulffy” Hernandez vs Reinier de Ridder in October. It is secure to say that anybody who has essentially the most spectacular pre-premance of their profitable efforts shall be a title shot.
“The UFC needs to place stress on us”: Caio Borralho responds to title shot rumors
When requested in a latest interview whether or not victory would assure him a title shot, Caio Borralho replied:
“No, they did not give me the phrase that that is 100% title eliminator. They booked Fluffy vs RDR, and I believe the UFC needs to place stress on us to offer an thrilling efficiency. There’s the facility of knockouts and I believe it is boring.
He continued:
“I’ve already been a backup fighter and gained weight. And so they offered Imabov for the week of worldwide fights, and I stated sure. We additionally accepted the combat in opposition to Paulo Costa and Robert Whitaker. I believe the UFC will take that every one into consideration.”
With a number of excessive stakes matchups on the horizon and a seemingly unstoppable champion at Kamzachmaev, the world of MMA is ready with breath to see who will emerge as the following challenger in UFC Middleweight Gold.
