Caio Borralho
Skill profile
138 MMA anchors Striking, Wrestling, Grappling · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy, Striking D, Durability, TD Defense, Control.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
vs Reinier de Ridder coinflip UFC 326 Full Card Preview & Predictions · March 1, 2026
says it's a 50-50 fight
Billed just below the night's true headliner, which was covered in a separate dedicated video, Borralho is a good, more patient striker with good range control, straight punches and combinations who fights comfortably from either stance. His grappling is also graded solid: his takedowns and trip game are good, his control on top is solid, he takes the back well, and his sweeps are good, and he prefers staying on top rather than working off his back. The analyst thinks whoever dictates the striking likely wins, and believes Borralho has the more consistent round-winning formula even though the fight could go either way.
vs Nassourdine Imavov lean UFC Fight Night Imavov vs Broallho Full Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · September 1, 2025 · 1 read since
names 'Kyle Ohio'/'Kyio' at -112, but says plainly his confidence is a little lower
A good striker the analyst credits with managing distance well and staying out of harm's way there, throwing sharp straights, tight combinations, and strong counters -- called calculated on the feet. Solid grappler with good takedowns, good trips, and the analyst's own words 'excellent control' on top (a sub-bullet component of the board's 'Solid Control' line, not a separate heading-level claim), plus good sweeps; landing the back is called a real danger for the opponent. The analyst's explicitly stated deciding mechanism for the whole fight is this grappling edge if he can get it there. Shortly before this bout he had to weigh in as a title-fight backup, stacking back-to-back weight cuts, which the analyst says lowers his own confidence in the pick without changing the pick itself.
vs Jared Cannonier clear UFC Fight Night Cannonier vs Borralho Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · August 22, 2024 · 2 reads since
Stated twice in almost identical terms, committing to Borralho both times, around an explicit mechanism (gameplan, youth, grappling control over a five-round fight); a floated 'conspiracy' aside about rule changes is explicitly set aside as something he will not factor in, not adopted as a hedge.
A 31-year-old, 16-1 contender on a five-fight win streak, called a solid grappler with good takedowns, good trips, excellent top control and excellent sweeps -- when he takes the back, the analyst says plainly you are not getting him off it. His striking is good too, not his primary tool but genuinely good, with range control, good counters and good straight punches. The gameplan the analyst expects, and picks him for, is using that grappling control to bank rounds across a five-round fight rather than needing a finish.
vs Paul Craig clear UFC 301 Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · May 1, 2024 · 3 reads since
Names Borralho outright as the winner in his own closing line, built on Craig needing one specific, narrow path (the triangle from guard) that the analyst says generally scares him off picking Craig in any fight.
Borralho is the more well-rounded fighter per the analyst: a solid grappler with good takedowns, trips, solid control and good sweeps, best when he takes the back; on the feet he is a good striker with range control, counters and long rangy straights, though he keeps his chin a little high. The analyst calls him the better overall fighter and says that unless Craig lands his one specific submission path, Borralho wins.
vs Abus Magomedov lean UFC Sao Paulo Full Card Breakdown, Prediction, & Analysis (UFC Fight Night Almeida vs Lewis) · October 31, 2023 · 4 reads since
he repeats more than once that this is a genuinely difficult fight to call, and spells out a real route for Magomedov to win, especially standing, before naming his pick
Caio Borralho is credited with good striking -- range control, counters, clean straights -- but the analyst says his grappling is presented as the real difference-maker: good takedowns including trips, solid control on top, and he calls him an excellent back-taker who ends the fight once he's there, plus good sweeps from the bottom.
vs Michal Oleksiejczuk clear UFC Fight Night Song vs Simon Predictions And Full Card Breakdown UFC Vegas 72 · April 25, 2023 · 5 reads since
States the pick plainly ('feel pretty good about it') off a grappling-path mechanism (good takedowns, very strong top control, back-taking), names the opponent's knockout power as the live risk, and resolves it by saying the opponent only wins that exchange if he is foolish enough to stand and trade -- answered rather than left hanging.
A good wrestler with a good takedown and exceptionally strong top control once he gets there, plus solid jiu-jitsu built around taking the back. His own striking is decent, with range control named as his tool for closing the distance needed to get to his wrestling. The analyst frames him as the fighter 'on a surge' making his way up, a size/level step relative to the opponent.
vs Makmud Murador emphatic UFC 280: Full Card Analysis, Preview, & Prediction · October 18, 2022 · 6 reads since
He calls Borralho his 'clear pick' and estimates he wins 'nine times out of ten,' willing to back him even at a shorter price, with only a brief nod that the matchup isn't completely lopsided.
The analyst ranks his jiu-jitsu, takedown game, and ground control among the very top of the division, with relentless top pressure and the ability to finish from almost anywhere on the mat. Explicitly called a highly skilled prospect he expects to see 'big things' from going forward, with his main flaw being a low-hands karate stance that leaves his chin open.
Striking trend
Fight history
W Reinier de Ridder 21-3 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 · March 7, 2026
L Nassourdine Imavov 16-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho · September 6, 2025
W Jared Cannonier 17-7 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Borralho · August 24, 2024
W Paul Craig 17-7-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 2:10 — UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg · May 4, 2024
W Abus Magomedov 25-5 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis · November 4, 2023
W Michal Oleksiejczuk 17-5 walk-in Submission · R2 2:49 — UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon · April 29, 2023
W Makhmud Muradov 25-7 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev · October 22, 2022
W Armen Petrosyan 7-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev · July 9, 2022
W Gadzhi Omargadzhiev 0-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 3:56 — UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad · April 16, 2022
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
Losses by method
No contests: 1
Fights by organization
+ 2 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 21 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Reinier de Ridder | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 326
March 7, 2026 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Nassourdine Imavov | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho
September 6, 2025 |
UFC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Jared Cannonier | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho
August 24, 2024 |
UFC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Paul Craig | KO (punches) | UFC 301
May 4, 2024 |
UFC | 2 | 2:10 |
| W | Abusupiyan Magomedov | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis
November 4, 2023 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Michał Oleksiejczuk | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC on ESPN: Song vs. Simón
April 29, 2023 |
UFC | 2 | 2:49 |
| W | Makhmud Muradov | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 280
October 22, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Armen Petrosyan | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Fiziev
July 9, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Gadzhi Omargadzhiev | Technical Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2
April 16, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 3:56 |
| W | Jesse Murray | TKO (punches) | Dana White's Contender Series 44
October 19, 2021 |
Dana White's Contender Series | 1 | 1:41 |
| W | Aaron Jeffery | Decision (unanimous) | Dana White's Contender Series 41
September 28, 2021 |
Dana White's Contender Series | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Wildemar Santos | Decision (unanimous) | Future FC 12
October 16, 2020 |
Future FC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Ykaro Queiroz | Decision (unanimous) | Future FC 10
December 6, 2019 |
Future FC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Otávio Sagás | Submission (guillotine choke) | Future FC 8
August 23, 2019 |
Future FC | 1 | 3:44 |
| W | Luiz Carlos Alves | Submission (anaconda choke) | Mega Fight Championship 2
June 22, 2019 |
Mega Fight Championship | 1 | 2:03 |
| W | Douglas Nascimento | TKO (punches) | Batalha MMA 14
September 8, 2018 |
Batalha MMA | 1 | 1:13 |
| NC | Raylander Marques | NC (accidental foul) | Vikings Fight Club 2
June 16, 2018 |
Vikings Fight Club | 1 | 5:00 |
| W | Luiz Carlos Alves | TKO (punches) | Arena Combat 2
September 16, 2017 |
Arena Combat | 1 | 0:20 |
| W | Edson Junior | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Thunder Fight 9
September 30, 2016 |
Thunder Fight | 3 | 3:05 |
| L | João Carvalho | Decision (unanimous) | Bradar Fight 3
July 18, 2015 |
Bradar Fight | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Cleiton Rafael | KO (punch) | Evocke Fight: Gods of War
December 13, 2014 |
Evocke Fight | 1 | 1:48 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Caio Borralho) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Headshot of Caio Borralho by Sexto Round · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · cropped and resized