{"id":514566,"date":"2026-03-04T21:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514566\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T21:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:45:08","slug":"reinier-de-ridder-win-over-caio-borralho-puts-me-back-in-title-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514566\/","title":{"rendered":"Reinier de Ridder: Win over Caio Borralho puts me back in title mix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reinier de Ridder aims to pick up right where he left off if he can rebound at UFC 326.<\/p>\n<p>De Ridder (21-3 MMA, 4-1 UFC) takes on Caio Borralho (17-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) in Saturday&#8217;s co-main event (<a href=\"https:\/\/paramountplus.qflm.net\/6yoorr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Paramount+;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Paramount+<\/a>, CBS) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>De Ridder saw his <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/ufc-fight-night-262-brendan-024315030.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:four-fight winning streak snapped by Brenden Allen;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">four-fight winning streak snapped by Brenden Allen<\/a> this past October at UFC Fight Night 262. He admitted the strenuous schedule took a toll on his body, and has since rejuvenated himself by undergoing some testing. Like de Ridder, Borralho is also coming off his first octagon loss to <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/fighters\/nassourdine-imavov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nassourdine Imavov;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Nassourdine Imavov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One hundred percent, I think it goes for both of us, whoever wins this one, and does it in spectacular fashion is right back in the title mix,&#8221; de Ridder told MMA Junkie Radio. &#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of cool fights out there and all I have to do is put him away, and I think I&#8217;m lined up to get one of those fights again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>De Ridder doesn&#8217;t rate any particular aspect of Borralho&#8217;s game highly, but he highlighted his most efficient attribute.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s very measured is what I think his best trait is,&#8221; de Ridder said. &#8220;He knows when to pour it on, he knows when to take a step back, and that&#8217;s what he does very well. I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s amazing anywhere so, he&#8217;s not the greatest grappler, he&#8217;s not the greatest knockout artist, but he is very measured, very well-balanced.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/03\/04\/ufc-326-reinier-de-ridder-opinion-326-win-over-caio-borralho\/88977920007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reinier de Ridder sees big stakes with UFC 326 win over Caio Borralho;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Reinier de Ridder sees big stakes with UFC 326 win over Caio Borralho<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reinier de Ridder aims to pick up right where he left off if he can rebound at UFC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[24169,203930,49,32140,48,15958,641,638,15957,82,640],"class_list":{"0":"post-514566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-borralho","9":"tag-brenden-allen","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-caio-borralho","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-de-ridder","14":"tag-fighting","15":"tag-mma","16":"tag-reinier-de-ridder","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514566","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=514566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}