Sean Strickland lashed out at Caio Borralho.
The Preventing Nerds co-founder suffered his first loss inside the Octagon at UFC Paris on Saturday, surrendering a decisive unanimous choice to Nassourdine Imavov.
Weeks earlier, Borralho served as the official backup for the 185-pound title conflict between Dricus Du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev — a choice that Strickland believes performed a direct position in Borralho’s loss in The Metropolis of Mild.
“Caio is my buddy, however he’s an fool,” Strickland wrote on X. “He skilled with us and was ineffective.
“Me: What’s fallacious with you?
“Caio: I’m reducing, I’m an alternate.“So that you’re giving up 4 weeks of your camp reducing 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 choice 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 reducing weight twice.”
“What do you assume occurs while you kill your physique a lot in such a brief time period?” Strickland stated, replying to a different commenter. “Precisely that.”
With the loss, Borralho now sits because the No. 7 ranked contender within the division and can doubtless 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 yr. In fact, each Reinier de Ridder and Anthony ‘Fluffy’ Hernandez might have one thing to say about that on October 18. The 2 are set to headline UFC Vancouver in what might very properly find yourself being a middleweight title eliminator.
