How AgentMMA breaks down Caio Borralho vs Yousri Belgaroui
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Madison Square Garden gets a seriously wild middleweight matchup here. Caio Borralho is the ranked name at #5, but Yousri Belgaroui walks in after stopping Azamat Bekoev, Mansur Abdul Malik and Djorden Santos in three straight UFC appearances. That is the kind of run that makes an unranked guy impossible to ignore. Borralho has already shown he can reset after a bad night. He lost a decision after 5 rounds to Nassourdine Imavov, then came back and controlled Reinier de Ridder for a unanimous decision in March.
- Belgaroui brings three straight UFC stoppages into Madison Square Garden
- Borralho is back after beating Reinier de Ridder by decision
- A towering orthodox striker meets a slick southpaw wrestler
This fight is most likely to break open once the first hard clinch and takedown exchanges force both men to abandon the safe range.
Belgaroui has taken the opposite road, building heat through violence, with punches at range against Bekoev and Santos and a clinch knee against Abdul Malik. Here is the thing. Belgaroui stands 78 inches tall with a 79 inch reach, so Borralho cannot stroll into range and assume his usual reads will come easily. The Brazilian southpaw has to make the taller orthodox striker reset, mix level changes with clean entries, and turn open space into grappling exchanges. Belgaroui needs to keep his hips free, make Borralho pay for every entry, and use that long frame without getting backed onto the fence.
The tension is simple. Borralho is fighting to protect his place near the top, while Belgaroui is trying to crash the rankings on the biggest stage in New York. One clean exchange could flip the whole mood.
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Caio Borralho
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Madison Square Garden gets a seriously wild middleweight matchup here. Caio Borralho is the ranked name at #5, but Yousri Belgaroui walks in after stopping Azamat Bekoev, Mansur Abdul Malik and Djorden Santos in three straight UFC appearances. That is the kind of run that makes an unranked guy impossible to ignore. Borralho has already shown he can reset after a bad night. He lost a decision after 5 rounds to Nassourdine Imavov, then came back and controlled Reinier de Ridder for a unanimous decision in March.
- Belgaroui brings three straight UFC stoppages into Madison Square Garden
- Borralho is back after beating Reinier de Ridder by decision
- A towering orthodox striker meets a slick southpaw wrestler
This fight is most likely to break open once the first hard clinch and takedown exchanges force both men to abandon the safe range.
Belgaroui has taken the opposite road, building heat through violence, with punches at range against Bekoev and Santos and a clinch knee against Abdul Malik. Here is the thing. Belgaroui stands 78 inches tall with a 79 inch reach, so Borralho cannot stroll into range and assume his usual reads will come easily. The Brazilian southpaw has to make the taller orthodox striker reset, mix level changes with clean entries, and turn open space into grappling exchanges. Belgaroui needs to keep his hips free, make Borralho pay for every entry, and use that long frame without getting backed onto the fence.
The tension is simple. Borralho is fighting to protect his place near the top, while Belgaroui is trying to crash the rankings on the biggest stage in New York. One clean exchange could flip the whole mood.
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Yousri Belgaroui
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