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Caio Borralho

Middleweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #9; v1.1 (shadow) #7

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 9-10: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,665, deviation 137: measured from 9 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 33 (born 1993-01-16) · Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) · Reach 75 in (190 cm) · Stance Southpaw · 239 days since last bout (2026-03-07) · Last five 4-1 · Streak W1

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,665 is the division's 12th highest of 79 board fighters; the ledger stands at +2.0 (+3.0 from quality wins, less 1.0 for blowout losses; losses count for three years); 3 quality wins in 15 years, 2 over top-10 opponents; no form penalty (4-1 last five). Score +0.51 = +0.34 (rating term, 70% weight) +0.17 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #9.

TermValueDetail
Score+0.5170% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.34resume rating 1,665, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term+0.17quality ledger +2.0: +3.0 QW +0.0 proof -1.0 blowout -0.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 4-1
Quality wins, 15 years32 over top-10 opponents, 3 over top-15
Placementscore order #9v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#7score +0.56; score order #7

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 9 UFC bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-03-07UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2Reinier de Ridder#8Wunanimous decision3 (5:00)54%
2025-09-06UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. BorralhoNassourdine Imavov#2Lunanimous decision5 (5:00)47%
2024-08-24UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. BorralhoJared Cannonier#5Wunanimous decision5 (5:00)42%
2024-05-04UFC 301: Pantoja vs. ErcegPaul Craig#13WKO/TKO2 (2:10)61%
2023-11-04UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. LewisAbus MagomedovunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)63%
2023-04-29UFC Fight Night: Song vs. SimonMichal OleksiejczukunrankedWsubmission2 (2:49)48%
2022-10-22UFC 280: Oliveira vs. MakhachevMakhmud MuradovunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)44%
2022-07-09UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. FizievArmen PetrosyanunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)45%
2022-04-16UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. MuhammadGadzhi OmargadzhievunrankedWunanimous decision3 (3:56)50%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for him (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 79 board fighters at Middleweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute3.30(38th percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strike accuracy55%(78th percentile at Middleweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.32(54th percentile at Middleweight)
Share of wins by finish25%(19th percentile at Middleweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute2.63(25th percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strike defence60%(87th percentile at Middleweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.00(34th percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career366(67th percentile at Middleweight)
KO/TKO losses0(39th percentile at Middleweight)
Submission losses0(59th percentile at Middleweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.000(39th percentile at Middleweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes1.08(48th percentile at Middleweight)
Takedown defence74%(61st percentile at Middleweight)
Share of cage time in control27%(65th percentile at Middleweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground18%(47th percentile at Middleweight)
Stylemixed (2.4 takedown attempts per 15 min; 27% control)
Career stage
Age33.8(59th percentile at Middleweight)
Age at UFC debut29.2(57th percentile at Middleweight)
Years since UFC debut4.5(59th percentile at Middleweight)
UFC bouts9(57th percentile at Middleweight)
Cage time, minutes139(76th percentile at Middleweight)
Bouts per year, last three years1.7(44th percentile at Middleweight)
Days since last bout239(89th percentile at Middleweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C5101520252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #12, Middleweight2023-10-13: #13, Middleweight2023-10-20: #12, Middleweight2023-11-03: #12, Middleweight2023-11-10: #12, Middleweight2023-11-17: #12, Middleweight2023-12-01: #12, Middleweight2023-12-08: #11, Middleweight2023-12-15: #11, Middleweight2024-01-12: #11, Middleweight2024-01-19: #11, Middleweight2024-02-02: #11, Middleweight2024-02-09: #12, Middleweight2024-02-16: #11, Middleweight2024-02-23: #11, Middleweight2024-03-01: #11, Middleweight2024-03-08: #11, Middleweight2024-03-15: #12, Middleweight2024-03-22: #12, Middleweight2024-03-29: #12, Middleweight2024-04-05: #13, Middleweight2024-04-12: #13, Middleweight2024-04-26: #14, Middleweight2024-05-03: #14, Middleweight2024-05-10: #8, Middleweight2024-05-17: #8, Middleweight2024-05-31: #8, Middleweight2024-06-07: #8, Middleweight2024-06-14: #9, Middleweight2024-06-21: #9, Middleweight2024-06-28: #9, Middleweight2024-07-12: #10, Middleweight2024-07-19: #10, Middleweight2024-07-26: #10, Middleweight2024-08-02: #10, Middleweight2024-08-09: #10, Middleweight2024-08-16: #10, Middleweight2024-08-23: #10, Middleweight2024-09-06: #6, Middleweight2024-09-13: #6, Middleweight2024-09-27: #6, Middleweight2024-10-04: #6, Middleweight2024-10-11: #7, Middleweight2024-10-18: #7, Middleweight2024-10-25: #7, Middleweight2024-11-01: #8, Middleweight2024-11-08: #8, Middleweight2024-11-15: #8, Middleweight2024-11-22: #8, Middleweight2024-12-06: #8, Middleweight2024-12-13: #8, Middleweight2025-01-10: #8, Middleweight2025-01-17: #8, Middleweight2025-01-31: #8, Middleweight2025-02-07: #7, Middleweight2025-02-14: #7, Middleweight2025-02-21: #7, Middleweight2025-02-28: #8, Middleweight2025-03-07: #8, Middleweight2025-03-14: #8, Middleweight2025-03-21: #8, Middleweight2025-03-28: #8, Middleweight2025-04-04: #8, Middleweight2025-04-11: #8, Middleweight2025-04-25: #8, Middleweight2025-05-02: #8, Middleweight2025-05-09: #8, Middleweight2025-05-16: #8, Middleweight2025-05-30: #8, Middleweight2025-06-06: #8, Middleweight2025-06-13: #8, Middleweight2025-06-20: #8, Middleweight2025-06-27: #8, Middleweight2025-07-11: #8, Middleweight2025-07-18: #8, Middleweight2025-07-25: #8, Middleweight2025-08-01: #8, Middleweight2025-08-08: #8, Middleweight2025-08-15: #7, Middleweight2025-08-22: #7, Middleweight2025-09-05: #7, Middleweight2025-09-12: #8, Middleweight2025-09-26: #8, Middleweight2025-10-03: #8, Middleweight2025-10-10: #9, Middleweight2025-10-17: #9, Middleweight2025-10-24: #8, Middleweight2025-10-31: #8, Middleweight2025-11-07: #9, Middleweight2025-11-14: #9, Middleweight2025-11-21: #9, Middleweight2025-12-05: #9, Middleweight2025-12-12: #9, Middleweight2026-01-23: #9, Middleweight2026-01-30: #8, Middleweight2026-02-06: #8, Middleweight2026-02-20: #8, Middleweight2026-02-27: #8, Middleweight2026-03-06: #8, Middleweight2026-03-13: #6, Middleweight2026-03-20: #6, Middleweight2026-03-27: #6, Middleweight2026-04-03: #7, Middleweight2026-04-10: #7, Middleweight2026-04-17: #7, Middleweight2026-04-24: #7, Middleweight2026-05-01: #7, Middleweight2026-05-08: #7, Middleweight2026-05-15: #7, Middleweight2026-05-29: #7, Middleweight2026-06-05: #7, Middleweight2026-06-13: #7, Middleweight2026-06-19: #7, Middleweight2026-06-26: #7, Middleweight2026-07-10: #7, Middleweight2026-07-17: #8, Middleweight2026-07-24: #8, Middleweight2026-07-31: #8, Middleweight2026-08-07: #8, Middleweight2026-08-14: #8, Middleweight2026-08-21: #8, Middleweight2026-08-28: #9, Middleweight2026-09-04: #9, Middleweight2026-09-11: #9, Middleweight2026-09-18: #9, Middleweight2026-09-25: #9, Middleweight2026-09-26: #9, Middleweight2026-10-03: #9, Middleweight2026-10-10: #9, Middleweight2026-10-17: #9, Middleweight2026-10-24: #9, Middleweight2026-10-31: #9, Middleweight#9

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better).

Predictive rating by bout

1,5501,6001,6501,7001,7502023202420252026Apr 2022Oct 20262022-04-16: 1,552 (W vs Gadzhi Omargadzhiev)2022-07-09: 1,568 (W vs Armen Petrosyan)2022-10-22: 1,601 (W vs Makhmud Muradov)2023-04-29: 1,652 (W vs Michal Oleksiejczuk)2023-11-04: 1,666 (W vs Abus Magomedov)2024-05-04: 1,692 (W vs Paul Craig)2024-08-24: 1,747 (W vs Jared Cannonier)2025-09-06: 1,735 (L vs Nassourdine Imavov)2026-03-07: 1,737 (W vs Reinier de Ridder)1,737

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

Recent performances are in line with the rating (-11 points).

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-30what fighters aged 33.8 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results+19his recency-weighted mean and trend over 9 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend -1 points a year
Combined-11the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingin line with ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.028293031323334352022-04-16 (age 29.2): W vs Gadzhi Omargadzhiev, residual +0.242022-07-09 (age 29.5): W vs Armen Petrosyan, residual +0.162022-10-22 (age 29.8): W vs Makhmud Muradov, residual +0.262023-04-29 (age 30.3): W vs Michal Oleksiejczuk, residual +0.452023-11-04 (age 30.8): W vs Abus Magomedov, residual +0.032024-05-04 (age 31.3): W vs Paul Craig, residual +0.502024-08-24 (age 31.6): W vs Jared Cannonier, residual +0.412025-09-06 (age 32.6): L vs Nassourdine Imavov, residual -0.172026-03-07 (age 33.1): W vs Reinier de Ridder, residual +0.17-0.02

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at his age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like him, not a forecast for him; the register entries hold the measurements.

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