Tag: Ray Borg

The date and fight card for the highly anticipated UFC Fight Night 215 has been announced and one of the two title fights is Demetrious Johnson vs Ray Borg. Statistically speaking, Ray Borg is the rightful contender to come up against the current champion Demetrious Johnson. However, the UFC and Dana White initially had other plans and wanted Johnson to face off against the number three ranked TJ Dilshaw. UFC’s vision to pit Johnson against Dilshaw did not really make sense provided that Borg was above Dilshaw in the rankings, and this public push by the UFC obviously did not bode well with Borg.
Despite being ignored, Borg is actually a solid fighter who is where he is because he completely deserves it. Furthermore, he has rightfully earned this opportunity to face off against Demetrious Johnson. Since he made his UFC debut in the back in 2014, Borg has visibly improved many folds in all aspects of his fighting and has become a serious contender. He is coming off the heels of a two fight victory which may not seem that impressive on paper, but the decisiveness and ease with which he put away his last opponent was highly convincing and may just have even unsettled Demetrious Johnson a little bit.
Can Ray Borg do what the likes of Joseph Benavidez, John Dodson and Henry Cejudofailed and actually trump Demetrious Johnson? We will just have to wait and see. Johnson has more than just the title on the line, if he is able to defeat Ray Borg than he will essentially set a new world record for having defended the title a staggering 11 times. Johnson is on a high, it is nearly his fifth anniversary as the champ and just recently, he won the ESPY for the best fighter in 2016.
In terms of a prediction, we are pretty certain Johnson is just too much for Borg to handle at this time. Borg, in his own right, certainly deserves the chance to prove us wrong. Can he actually do it in UFC 215? Not in our books.