Du Plessis challenges Borralho to spar, insiders report Usman fight in works

Caio Borralho traveled to South Africa to challenge Dricus Du Plessis, prompting the champion to invite him to his gym for sparring with an offer to post the footage. Borralho responded by telling Du Plessis to "stop acting like a child" and sign a contract, to which Du Plessis replied questioning why Borralho thinks his name is even part of negotiations and challenged him to show courage by actually coming to the gym 30 minutes away. Amid this back-and-forth, multiple insiders have reported that a fight between Du Plessis and Kamaru Usman is being developed. Meanwhile, Shavkat Rakhmonov alarmed fans with rehabilitation footage showing him far from fighting condition, having not competed in over a year and a half. The post provides limited context on the status of any official fight negotiations.