Caio Borralho is blissful that Khamzat Chimaev is lastly a UFC champion.
‘Borz’ scored a dominant unanimous decision victory over Dricus Du Plessis in August to seize the undisputed middleweight world title. Now, the undefeated Chechen monster has a large goal on his again, with everybody within the division chomping on the bit to check themself in opposition to the 15-0 fighter.
To date, no person has emerged as a clear-cut title contender, although that might change this Saturday when Borralho steps into the main event spotlight for a conflict with Nassourdine Imavov.
Waiting for a possible conflict with Chimaev, Borralho welcomed the problem and even supplied just a few variety phrases to the newly minted middleweight king.
“I’m blissful that he’s the champion now as a result of if individuals are saying that he’s like unbeatable, think about how good he’ll be when somebody beats him,” Borralho advised MMA Junkie. “And if that man is me, you recognize. So positively a very good place to be proper now. Really feel very blissful for him as a champion.
“I believe he deserved that. He labored very arduous for that… I’ve been a part of his coaching camp and all that. Very blissful for the man, however I’m prepared to go there, do the enterprise and face him.”
Caio Borralho gunning for Imavov’s No. 1 rating at UFC Paris
Borralho goes into his UFC Paris headliner driving a nine-fight win streak, together with highlight-reel finishes in opposition to Michał Oleksiejczuk and Paul Craig. The Fighting Nerds co-founder landed an enormous win over Jared Cannonier in his most up-to-date outing, transferring him into the No. 7 spot within the rankings.
With a win over Imavov, he’ll doubtless overtake the highest spot and put himself in pole place for a middleweight title alternative.
