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Borralho has the utmost of confidence in his teammates at the
Fighting Nerds.
Borralho will be in the corner of Mauricio
Ruffy on Saturday, who will be squaring off with Bobby Green
on the
UFC 313 main card. Their burgeoning fight camp has been
exploding with talent, with a number of impressive names on its
roster including Carlos
Prates, Jean Silva,
Bruna
Brasil and the aforementioned Borralho and Ruffy. The
middleweight contender discussed his teammate Ruffy with Sherdog on
Thursday, where he believes that no matter how it turns out, Ruffy
vs. Green will end before the final bell.
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“TKO by Ruffy in the second round,” Borralho prognosticated. “Key
point for him is not to get frustrated if he misses some punches,
but I truly believe he is better than Green everywhere.”
The belief in one another in the Fighting Nerds stable is high as
can be given the recent success by its members currently competing
in the UFC. Borralho had high praise for Ruffy in particular, who
he sees as a massive talent.
“Ruffy is one of the most talented guys I’ve ever trained with, and
I’m not concerning only Fighting Nerds,” Borralho remarked. This
guy is truly different.”
The Sao Paulo native Ruffy was signed to the organization by
demolishing Raimond
Magomedaliev on the ninth week of Dana White’s Contender
Series’ 2023 season. With that pairing a classic Brazil vs.
Dagestan dynamic, Borralho thinks that Ruffy’s beating of a top
training partner of fighters like Islam
Makhachev put him on the map. As long as Ruffy keeps winning
dramatically, Borralho predicts he will be fast-tracked to a
championship opportunity.
“The fans love the storyline [between Brazil and Dagestan] and
Ruffy naturally created that after accepting a short-notice call to
fight in the [welterweight] division against one of the best
training partners of Makhachev and got a win via TKO. Besides being
a striking talent, Ruffy has one of the best takedown defenses I’ve
ever seen. I truly believe he will be [fighting for] the belt [by]
the end of 2026,” “The Natural” concluded.