The
Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweights are pitted against each other
Yousri Belgaroui at UFC 334 November 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Borralho is one of the top contenders at 185 pounds, while Belgaroui is unranked. The former recently described why he agreed to the fight.
Caio Borralho favors action against Yousri Belgaroui after emergency operation
Borralho was sidelined after emergency surgery. Eager to return to competition and avoid another long layoff from the Octagon, the Brazilian told Sherdog that he’ll take anything he’s offered to avoid ring rust.
“I’ve been almost six months without a fight,” Borralho said. “I had to take some time off because I had to go through emergency rib surgery. I want to stay active. I believe I’m one of the best in the world. Whoever they put in front of me, I have to prove that I’m one of the best in the world. If you think this fight makes sense, I’ll take it because I’m a fighter.”
He admitted that from a ranking perspective, this matchup has more potential downside than upside.
“If I beat him, I’ll keep my position in the rankings; maybe I won’t go up,” Borralho continued. “But there’s all the other stuff I talked about, not being passive, hitting a guy that comes in and everybody thinks it’s going to knock me out. It’s a fight where I’m just moving forward. I’m going to win this one, move on to the next one, win it again and then go after the belt. That’s how I see it.”
Borralho won Reinier de Ridder in his most recent outing, bouncing back from the lone loss of his UFC career to date Nassourdine Imavov.