Caio Borralho represents the Preventing Nerds with delight and continued to take action with the most important win of his profession in Saturday’s UFC Battle Night time principal occasion, scoring a call over Jared Cannonier.
Borralho acquired Cannonier in hassle throughout the opening spherical, choosing him aside along with his kicks. The veteran contender and former title challenger, nonetheless, acquired himself on the board within the second rframe when he began to seek out his groove in his punching, which included a quick wobble of “The Pure” late within the spherical.
The 2 had an motion packed third stanza and have been nearly even when it comes to vital strikes landed, particularly to the top. Borralho, nonetheless, ended up getting Cannonier wobbly. And even when “The Killa Gorilla” tried to battle again along with his energy, he stumbled, exhibiting he was nonetheless rocked. Cannonier, nonetheless, was capable of survive the spherical.
Borralho continued to deliver heavy stress within the fourth spherical, however the 40-year-old introduced his energy, touchdown damaging pictures. By the tip of the body, notable swelling might be seen round one among Borralho’s eyes.
However late within the fifth spherical, Borralho delivered once more, touchdown a one-two that dropped Cannonier. The Brazilian scrambled and set to work with robust ground-and-pound. The American, nonetheless, managed to outlive the assault and a subsequent choke try.
That was sufficient for the judges, as two scored the battle 49-45 and one 48-46, all for Borralho.
Caio Borralho Rocks Jared Cannonier Twice, Solidifies Himself As Middleweight Contender At UFC Battle Night time
Borralho has gained all however two of the fights in his skilled profession to this point. He’s 6-0 within the Octagon after profitable a contract by a victory over present Bellator fighter Aaron Jeffrey on Dana White’s Contender Sequence. He entered this battle coming off a knockout of Paul Craig at UFC 301, and Borralho will now discover himself within the mixture of high middleweight contenders.
Borralho used his post-fight interview to name out Dricus Du Plessis, who retained his UFC middleweight title towards Israel Adesanya at UFC 305 in Perth, Australia, final weekend.
Cannonier, in the meantime, has now misplaced two straight and three of his final 5, stretching again to his unsuccessful problem of then-champion Adesanya at UFC 276 in the summertime of 2022.
