{"id":115637,"date":"2025-09-03T02:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T02:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/115637\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T02:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T02:08:07","slug":"nassourdine-imavov-admits-mind-games-with-borralho-before-ufc-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/115637\/","title":{"rendered":"Nassourdine Imavov admits mind games with Borralho before UFC Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight contender, Nassourdine Imavov, puts his No. 1 <\/a>ranking on the line against No. 7<\/a>-ranked Caio Borralho in the main event of UFC Paris<\/a> this weekend (Sat., Sept. 6, 2025) inside Accor Arena in Paris, France.<\/p>\n

Both Imavov and Borralho lobbied to be the official standby for the pay-per-view event, but while Imavov was initially tabbed<\/a>, he later pulled out of the assignment<\/a>. That decision opened the door for Borralho to step in, forcing the Brazilian to undergo a grueling weight cut just weeks before his clash with Imavov.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, we were supposed to be the backup, and then we said we don\u2019t want to do it anymore,\u201d Imavov told Full Send MMA<\/a>. \u201cWe did it on purpose because we knew that his ego would take the fight, and it would be a bad thing for him. Now, I wonder if he will be 100 percent in the fight or not. I just want the best Caio Borralho. I don\u2019t want any excuses after this fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The big question: Will Borralho show up at full strength, or will Imavov\u2019s tactical gamble pay off? The answer comes Saturday in Paris, where one man could leave with a golden ticket to challenge Chimaev later this year.<\/p>\n

Remember that MMAmania.com<\/a> will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Paris fight card,<\/a> starting with the ESPN+<\/a> \u201cPrelims\u201d matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. ET, before the main card start time at 3 p.m. ET (also on ESPN+<\/a>).<\/p>\n

To checkout the latest and greatest UFC Paris: \u201cImavov vs. Borralho\u201d news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive event archive right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight contender, Nassourdine Imavov, puts his No. 1 ranking on the line against No.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,702,3194],"class_list":["post-115637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}