According to Caio Borralho, Nassourdine Imavov refused to fight him.
Both Borralho (17-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) and Imavov (16-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) are sitting at the top of the middleweight division in search of title shots. Borralho previously called Imavov and revealed that the UFC had tried to match them, but Imavov wasn’t interested.
Borralho set out at Imavov, downplaying Jared Cannonier and former champion Israel Adesanya with the UFC Fight Night 250 headliner. Borralho’s recent victory took place this August in the five-round main event via Cannonier.
“We just heard the news that they offered us a fight. I immediately said yes and he came and said no,” Imabov told the Full-Send MMA. “Then the UFC came to him and said, ‘If you say no, you’re not in the next line. Kaio is in front of you.'” Then he said, ‘Okay, I agree with that.’ So I don’t know what this guy is thinking.
“People say, ‘Oh, he’s finished the canonier.’ It was early on (he had lost the fight. OK, it was a great job, but he was beaten by someone who was in three consecutive losses.
Boralho raised it to a notch by following Imavov’s origins.
“I heard that this guy is a kind of Daguestani. I think Daguestani people are ashamed of him,” Boraljo said. “I heard that the guys in Daguestani like to fight. They fight on the streets. They live a rough life. But this guy is af*cking p*ssy. He is not Daguestani. Dagestani is ashamed of you.
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