Following his biggest win to date this past weekend, Caio Borralho finds himself in the top five of the UFC’s middleweight division.
The Contender Series alum capitalized on his first main event opportunity by beating Jared Cannonier to inject some new blood into the mix at 185-pounds.
Though he would like to be in the title picture already, it appears likely that Borralho will need one more big win in order to really solidify his case, due to Sean Strickland being in line to challenge Dricus Du Plessis next.
The Brazilian has now targeted the next best thing to fighting for the belt and that means facing off with the division’s biggest name.
Caio Borralho Says Fighting Israel Adesanya Means He Gets To Face A Legend
For the first time in a long time, Israel Adesanya’s next outing inside the Octagon will not be in a UFC title fight.
“The Last Stylebender” said after his defeat at UFC 305 that he isn’t going anywhere just yet, meaning that he will go back to joining the list of contenders.
In a recent interview with Submission Radio, Borralho made a strong case for why he should be next for the former champion.
When you look at the other top fights in the rankings right now, Adesanya has already faced many of them aside from Brendan Allen and Nassourdine Imavov, who are already matched up with one another as the #5 contender pointed out.
Borralho said that he wants this fight next because it would be a big moment for his own legacy to face someone that has represented the very best of the weight class for such a long time.
“Let’s see, I want to fight him [Adesanya]. I think it will be a good fight on my resume and if the UFC wants me to do one more fight before I go to the belt, I think this is the fight to make. Why not fight a guy that is a legend of this sport and that was so dominant in his prime, so definitely a guy that I want to face just because nothing personal but just because it makes sense right now for him and it makes sense for me too.”
Borralho then went on to explain how Adesanya has fought all the other names in the top 8 of the division, except Imavov and Allen – who are going to fight one another.
Hence, the only realistic fight for Adesanya is the Brazilian, and Borralho is only too happy to oblige.
