Paulo Borrachinha believes he can knock out any middleweight fighter

P. Borrachinha has a record of 11 fights and remains undefeated. There were ten victories by knockout and one by submission. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook UFC

Paulo borrachinha in his UFC debut he won by technical knockout over Garreth McLellan and achieved performance of the night. Since then, he has scored two more KO victories, one of them over former UFC welterweight champion, John hendricks. On August 07th, the Minas Gerais native puts his unbeaten record in MMA on the line against Uriah Hall at UFC 226 and still claims he can knock out any middleweight fighter.

“I'm only thinking about this fight now, I'm not even thinking about later. I think about this fight, about knocking him out quickly… I believe we can knock out practically everyone in this category. See the Luke Rockhold as a great opponent up front, but now he is moving up a category. I think that in this category there is no striker who can stop me”, said Borrachinha in an interview with the website “Combate.com”.

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The Jamaican has a black belt in karate and Muay Thai and also does his stand-up game. The Brazilian's strategy is to show off his wrestling, which during his camp was improved by coach Eric Albarracin and the Olympic champion and UFC flyweight title challenger, Henry Cejudo.

“Hall and I are similar on the feet, but I think I have a lot more power and explosiveness than him. But like, I think ahead, I think that in the next fight a very good wrestler could come, or a jiu-jitsu guy who knows wrestling could come, who wants to take the fight down. So I believe that I have to know how not to fall, if I don't want to fall, understand? That's why wrestling is so important. And being in this camp with Albarracin and Cejudo is incredible. Wrestling is the divider of levels from fighting on the feet to fighting on the ground”, explained Paulo.

Currently, Paulo borrachinha He is ranked eleventh in the middleweight category, but believes that a good victory could put him close to the Top 5.

“A win puts me very close to the top 5. If it doesn't put me there, it puts me very close. But I don't think it's just any victory, it has to be a knockout or submission. So whoever manages to dominate the fight well, gets a good result. You can advance faster, that’s what I try to do in every fight”, concluded the Brazilian.