Working his approach by means of middleweight foes, Brazilian star, Caio Borralho admits he would moderately sort out the incumbent, Dricus du Plessis for the title sooner or later, however insists if he’s pitted along with his shut “friend”, Khamzat Chimaev — he can dispatch the Chechen, too.
Borralho, the present quantity six ranked middleweight contender, has been urged to make his return in a title eliminator towards latest huge winner, Nassourdine Imavov — off the again of his splendid UFC Saudia Arabia win, with the champion welcoming a conflict with Chimaev at the beginning.
Most lately handing over his staggering fourteenth straight skilled victory, Struggle Nerds staple, Borralho took residence a dominant unanimous resolution win over final week’s headliner, Jared Cannonier, touchdown his seventh Octagon victory as well since his debut outing simply lower than three years in the past.
Caio Borralho prefers Dricus du Plessis conflict over Khamzat Chimaev battle
And inching his approach nearer towards a title cost within the Octagon amid hyperlinks to a title decider conflict with Russian-French contender, Imavov, Borralho has claimed this night throughout an interview with Ariel Helwani for Uncrowned how a title conflict with du Plessis is on his wishlist, in addition to a pairing with good friend, Chimaev.
“I think I prefer to face Dricus (du Plessis) [for the title] because, you know — like Khamzat (Chimaev) is a hell of a competitor and all that,” Caio Borralho defined. “However truly I do know I can beat him too, however he’s a type of a good friend of mine, you realize, not that shut good friend, as a result of we practice collectively. I helped him along with his battle towards Nate Diaz.
That was alleged to occur towards Nate Diaz. So I used to be there in Sweden after which we fly to Vegas to complete his coaching camp and all that,” Caio Borralho mentioned. “So I was there helping him. So I approached a little bit from him, you know, when I was father, my son was born, he came to me and said congratulations and all that. So that was kind of the friendship that we have, you know. So with that being said, for sure, I prefer to face Dricus because, you know.”
