{"id":32083,"date":"2025-09-06T19:15:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/imavov-demolishes-borralho-and-seeks-title-fight-with-chimaev-in-ufc\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T19:15:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:15:42","slug":"imavov-demolishes-borralho-and-seeks-title-fight-with-chimaev-in-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mma\/imavov-demolishes-borralho-and-seeks-title-fight-with-chimaev-in-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Imavov Demolishes Borralho and Seeks Title Fight with Chimaev in UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Imavov Establishes Himself as Title Contender After Victory in Paris<\/h2>\n\nNassourdine Imavov proved his worth in the UFC&#8217;s middleweight division, establishing himself as a potential title contender after an impressive unanimous decision victory over Caio Borralho in Paris.\n\nBefore his local audience, Imavov (17-4) secured his fifth consecutive victory, with all three judges scoring the fight in his favor (50-45, 49-46, and 49-46).\n\nThis victory could propel Imavov to a championship fight against Khamzat Chimaev. The UFC has scheduled another high-profile middleweight matchup in October, between Anthony Hernandez and Reinier de Ridder, which could influence the decision of Chimaev&#8217;s next opponent.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Considering the circumstances, I am very happy with my performance. In my right foot, a tendon or something like that gave way. It was very painful. I would have liked to get the finish, but it is what it is.<\/p>\n<cite>Nassourdine Imavov<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I am next. Borralho was undefeated for 10 years. I just beat him, and I beat him with style too. I need to be next.<\/p>\n<cite>Nassourdine Imavov<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nAccording to UFC statistics, Imavov slightly outstruck Borralho (17-2) in total strikes (100-90), but his offense was much cleaner and more damaging. He dodged Borralho&#8217;s strikes and landed counterattacks throughout the night. He maintained a strong presence in the center of the octagon, cornering Borralho and cutting off his exits. He also defended Borralho&#8217;s five takedown attempts.\n\nThis was Borralho&#8217;s first loss in the UFC, and his first loss overall since 2015.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Nassourdine was simply the better man today. He was very fast, as I expected. I couldn&#8217;t attack much. I wanted it to be entertaining for the fans and the UFC, so I tried to strike with one of the best strikers in the world. I think I need to recover my adrenaline. I need something, not motivation, but I was without adrenaline and I couldn&#8217;t recover it in this fight.<\/p>\n<cite>Caio Borralho<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nOn the same fight card, Mauricio Ruffy also suffered his first defeat in the UFC.\n\nAdditionally, veteran light heavyweight Paul Craig announced his retirement from the sport after a TKO loss to Modestas Bukauskas.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imavov Establishes Himself as Title Contender After Victory in Paris Nassourdine Imavov proved his worth in the UFC&#8217;s middleweight division, establishing himself as a potential title contender after an impressive unanimous decision victory over Caio Borralho in Paris. Before his local audience, Imavov (17-4) secured his fifth consecutive victory, with all three judges scoring the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[6619,478,8384,228],"class_list":{"0":"post-32083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-middleweight","9":"tag-mma","10":"tag-nassourdine-imavov","11":"tag-ufc"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}