Crowd was cheering, but Ray Borg thought recent fight with Jussier Formiga fight was boring

Understandably, UFC flyweight Ray Borg gets a little wrapped up in what he’s doing in the cage.

He was fighting Jussier Formiga so intently, he forgot about whether he was entertaining the crowd at this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 106 event.

“In the cage after the fight, I was like, ‘Was that a good fight? Did that fight suck?'” Borg told MMAjunkie. “I felt like it sucked.”

It didn’t suck. On an FS1-televised fight card with several lackluster meetings, Borg (11-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) and Formiga (19-5 MMA, 5-4 UFC) pushed the pace and got the crowd going at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil.

The Brazilians weren’t too happy their countryman Formiga came out on the losing end of a decision. But Borg, like several winning Americans on the fight card, made sure to appease them.

And when he finally stopped to think about his performance, Borg realized the environment had actually helped him put on a show.

“For some reason before the event, I just said, you know what – I feel like biting down on my mouthpiece and just throwing down tonight,” he said. “I have no idea why. Maybe it’s been because I’ve been away from my family all week, and it’s annoying. Brazil was so hot. So that was my intention going into it.”

The strategy meant Borg got lost in the moment, throwing a lot of technique out the window for the satisfaction of letting his fists fly. But in the end, he still managed to entertain.

His stock is also up. In the most recent edition of the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA flyweight rankings, he’s No. 6 over No. 7 Formiga. That puts him in striking distance of a title shot, and he didn’t forget to call out champ Demetrious Johnson in the octagon.

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 106, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

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