{"id":34663,"date":"2025-09-15T05:29:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/imavov-destroys-borralho-and-calls-out-chimaev-for-the-ufc-title\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T05:29:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:29:42","slug":"imavov-destroys-borralho-and-calls-out-chimaev-for-the-ufc-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mma\/imavov-destroys-borralho-and-calls-out-chimaev-for-the-ufc-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Imavov Destroys Borralho and Calls Out Chimaev for the UFC Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Imavov Triumphs: Key Victory in UFC Middleweight Division<\/h2>\n\nNassourdine Imavov solidified his position as a potential title contender in the UFC middleweight division, following a remarkable unanimous decision victory over Caio Borralho in Paris.\n\nImavov, competing before his audience, achieved his fifth consecutive victory. The judges scored the fight with scores of 50-45, 49-46 and 49-46, respectively.\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 determine 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. I would have liked to have reached the end, but it is what it is. I am next. Borralho was undefeated for 10 years. I just beat him, and I beat him with style. I need to be next.<\/p><cite>Nassourdine Imavov<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nImavov outstruck Borralho in total strikes, 100-90, demonstrating a more precise and damaging offense. He evaded Borralho&#8217;s strikes and landed counter-strikes throughout the night, dominating the center of the octagon and defending all of his opponent&#8217;s takedown attempts.\n\nThis defeat represents Borralho&#8217;s first in the UFC and his first since 2015.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0906%2Fr1541961_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Nassourdine Imavov, left, handed Caio Borralho his first MMA loss since 2015 and could be the next challenger for middleweight champ Khamzat Chimaev.\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nNassourdine Imavov, on the left, handed Caio Borralho his first MMA loss since 2015 and could be the next middleweight title challenger.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Nassourdine was the better man today. He was very fast, as I expected. I couldn&#8217;t attack much. I wanted to make it 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 get my adrenaline back. I need some motivation, but I was without adrenaline and couldn&#8217;t get it back in this fight.<\/p><cite>Caio Borralho<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nIt was a disappointing night for The Fighting Nerds, the Brazilian MMA team. In addition to Borralho&#8217;s defeat, Mauricio Ruffy also suffered his first defeat in the UFC, falling to Benoit Saint Denis, who submitted him with a rear-naked choke in the second round.\n\nFrench fighters achieved a 5-0 record on Saturday&#8217;s fight card.\n\nThe light heavyweight veteran, Paul Craig, announced his retirement after a TKO loss to Modestas Bukauskas.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imavov Triumphs: Key Victory in UFC Middleweight Division Nassourdine Imavov solidified his position as a potential title contender in the UFC middleweight division, following a remarkable unanimous decision victory over Caio Borralho in Paris. Imavov, competing before his audience, achieved his fifth consecutive victory. The judges scored the fight with scores of 50-45, 49-46 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[8404,478,8384,228],"class_list":{"0":"post-34663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-caio-borralho","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\/34663","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=34663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}