Yousri Belgaroui tells Caio Borralho at UFC 334 presser: "When I touch you, you fall down"

Borralho told the former kickboxer he is not the best striker in the middleweight division. The pair meet on the UFC 334 main card at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.

Caio Borralho told Yousri Belgaroui he is not the best striker in the middleweight division at the UFC 334 press conference in New York on Thursday, and the former kickboxer later fired back: "When I touch you, you fall down."

Belgaroui pressed him for an answer: "Who is the best striker of the division?" Borralho, ranked No. 5 at middleweight, replied: "I've already faced great strikers. I don't think you're the best striker of the division. Striking in kickboxing is way different than striking in MMA."

Borralho had said he was taking Belgaroui "very, very seriously" before adding: "But guess what? I already took down a Dutch guy this year. This is the second one. Let's go." He beat Reinier de Ridder, who is also Dutch, on a unanimous decision at UFC 326 in March, a fight he has said he took with a broken rib (read more).

Belgaroui's line came after Borralho pointed out that he has had only three UFC fights. Belgaroui later added: "3 fights, 3 knockouts." Belgaroui has stopped all three of his UFC opponents, most recently Djorden Santos in the first round in September.

Borralho answered with his own record: "I have 9 fights in the UFC." He brought up Belgaroui's decision loss to Marco Tulio on Dana White's Contender Series in 2023 and said: "I'm gonna solve this equation and I'm gonna show you and everyone there are levels to this game."

Borralho is 8-1 in the UFC, and his only defeat there was a decision against Nassourdine Imavov in September 2025. Belgaroui challenged for the Glory middleweight kickboxing title three times and fought Alex Pereira three times and Israel Adesanya twice in kickboxing.

They meet on the UFC 334 main card at Madison Square Garden on Saturday 14 November. The main card starts at 2am UK time on Sunday, live on TNT Sports, and Ciryl Gane defends the heavyweight title against Josh Hokit in the main event.

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