Paulo Borrachinha exposes his 'freezing out' in the UFC and calls for a fight: 'even in the heavyweight division'

Borrachinha promotes UFC event. Photo: Reproduction/X/UFC

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Paulo borrachinha He demonstrates a desire to return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship octagon, regardless of the weight class. Fueled by a victory expressive about Azamat Murzakanov At UFC 327, held in April 2026, in his debut in the light heavyweight division (up to 93 kg), the fighter from Minas Gerais, who built his career in the middleweight division (up to 83,9 kg), began to consider even moving up to heavyweight (up to 120,2 kg), although he is encountering resistance from the organization.

In a post on 'X', the Brazilian reported that, since his victory in April, he has been trying to define his next fight and even offered to compete in the heavyweight division. According to him, despite his availability to compete in different categories, the UFC's response, through Hunter Campbell, has been the same: wait.

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“Since I defeated Azamat in April, I’ve been looking for my next fight. I even opened up the possibility of fighting at heavyweight. The UFC told me to wait… wait… Here we are, it’s already July and I’m still trying to fight someone at light heavyweight, middleweight or even heavyweight, but the UFC’s response, through Hunter Campbell, is always the same: ‘Wait’,” wrote Borrachinha.

Borrachinha also reinforced his desire to return to action as soon as possible, emphasizing that he does not want to remain inactive. With only one more fight scheduled on his contract, the athlete stated that he would like to have it soon, but indicated that the organization does not show the same interest at the moment.

“I want to fight, I don’t want to wait. I only have one more fight on my contract and I want it to happen soon, but for some reason, they don’t want it to,” concluded the Brazilian.

Since I defeated Azamat in April, I have been looking for the next fight. I ve eventually opened the door to fight at heavyweight. UFC told me to wait…wait…
Here we are it's already July and I still looking to fight someone else at Lightheavyweight, middleweight or even…

— Paulo Costa (@BorrachinhaMMA) June 29, 2026