After leaping up seven spots to take his place within the middleweight prime 5, Caio Borralho believes a combat towards former two-time titleholder Israel Adesanya needs to be subsequent.
On Saturday night time, ‘The Pure’ prolonged his unbeaten streak to 16 and surged up in direction of the highest of the 185-pound rankings with an distinctive efficiency towards Jared Cannonier within the UFC Vegas 96 headliner.
With the win, Borralho now finds himself surrounded by some severely proficient firm, together with fellow top-fivers Nassourdine Imavov, Robert Whittaker, Israel Adesanya, and Sean Strickland.
Already looking forward to his subsequent problem contained in the Octagon, Borralho thinks {that a} scrap with ‘The Final Stylebender’ may very well be his finest path to an eventual title combat with reigning middleweight world champion Dricus Du Plessis.
“I feel Adesanya could be the most effective combat for me proper now,” Borralho advised Laerte Viana. “If I had to decide on yet one more earlier than the title, I feel it will be Adesanya after which the title.”
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Nevertheless, Borralho isn’t certain that he’d get the identical ‘Stylebender’ he watched dominate the division for thus a few years.
After profitable 12-straight at middleweight, Adesanya has misplaced two of his final three, together with back-to-back losses towards Sean Strickland and Du Plessis. Now 35 years outdated, it’s not unreasonable to suppose that father time is starting to meet up with the Metropolis Kickboxing star.
Nonetheless, Borralho is aware of that even when the ‘Stylebender’ has misplaced a step, he’s nonetheless a harmful man to trifle with contained in the Octagon.
“Possibly [Adesanya’s] not the identical centered man he was earlier than, however he’s nonetheless the identical man with the identical method, ability and dominance,”
Is Caio Borralho vs. Israel Adesanya the combat to make following final weekend’s combat card at The APEX?