Borg faces Formiga in Brazil

Coming off a dominate decision win over Louis Smolka, Ray “The Tazmexican Devil” Borg will be heading to Brazil to square off with number 3 ranked contender Jussier “Formiga’ Da Silva; at UFC Fight Night 106.

UFC Fight Night 106 takes place on March 11^th in Fortaleza, Brazil.

Borg is currently ranked as the number 10 ranked contender in the world. The scale will hold a bigger importance to “The Tazmexican Devil” in this fight then before, as Borg is coming off missing weight for the 2^nd time in his UFC career. Hitting the mark this time will separate Borg from talk of being unprofessional like, notorious weight-misser’s Kelvin Gastelum, Charles Oliveria, or John Lineker. The above mentioned win over Smolka’s was Borg’s 4^th win in his last 5 fights; for the man with 5 of 6 finishes by submission.

Formiga had been scheduled to face Sergio Pettis at UFC Fight Night in Phoenix, but withdrew with a undisclosed injury. Besides being a really quick healer, the BJJ black belt has 8 stoppage victories, all by submission. The former world ranked number 1 125lbs. Fighter has won 4 of his last 5, coming off a unanimous decision win over Dustin Ortiz.

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