Revisiting a career-altering fate ahead of his clash at UFC 326, a middleweight contender reflects on a twist of fate that never materialized and, like a boon, saved a few years in his career. Caio Borralho was once on the verge of getting inside the boxing ring against Alex Pereira. Fortunately for Borralho, he never qualified in the quarter finals, and the semi-final bout was stopped in the second round. This is the same kid who beat Caio in the quarters.

‘Chama’ managed to win the gold by knocking Borralho’s training partner, Abner, in the final bout. That said, the guy against Pereira in the finals was an Olympic Medalist. To this day, Caio is grateful for the loss that saved him from the damage of hard days.

Caio Borralho drops raw memory ahead of return

“I lost the semi-final of the Sao Paulo Championship. Thank God. I lost the quarter-finals. Then I lost the semi-final,” said Caio Borralho, reminiscing about his days when he fought in twenty-five kickboxing. “Thank God. I think I would have lost 10 years of my life there. It wouldn’t have been possible for me. God does everything right. The guy who beat me, they stopped the fight. Alex was fighting with a kid who was already on the boxing team.

“They stopped the fight in the second round. They didn’t let the kid come back because Alex was killing him. Alex knocked out Abner in this event. Yes, it was in the final. He knocked out Abner. He was an Olympic medalist.”

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Caio is coming off a loss from his last outing against Nassourdine Imavov, and Reiner De Ridder suffered a knockout loss in his last bout against Brendan Allen. Both fighters, coming off setbacks, are ever hungry to prove their skill set against one another.

Caio Borralho drops a big insight on Alex Pereira’s evolution

Caio Borralho recently spoke about how he spent a great deal of time training alongside Alex Pereira. With that, he shared an interesting insight on how ‘Chama’s ground game has evolved. So, Pereira’s rivals might be interested in this piece of revelation.

We trained Jiu-Jitsu there, too. His ground was really good. He improved a lot. He’s a guy who has proven himself. He’s done grappling training and wrestling training with Glover; he improved a lot, and he’s at a high level. Potan is one of the best of all time.

Alex Pereira almost got a reality check after losing to Magomed Ankalaev, or at least that’s how it felt. There was even talk about Pereira going on a spiritual quest, and it is known what happened next. He came back more confident and beat Ankalaev in the rematch. Now it’ll be interesting to see what comes next. Maybe in his next fight, we even get to see ‘Chama’ grapple his way out of trouble.