UFC Fight Night 106's Ray Borg is not impressed by Jussier Formiga's 'boring' jiu-jitsu

FORTALEZA, Brazil — Ray Borg is not impressed.

Borg, who said he’d never flown on a plane more than 3 hours before this week, is not impressed with being in Brazil, and he’s especially not impressed with Jussier Formiga, whom he’ll face in a flyweight bout at UFC Fight Night 106.

“He’s boring — very boring jiu-jitsu guy,” Borg told MMAjunkie today. “I mean, I’ve dealt with his jiu-jitsu style since I was a kid. My grappling style has been the same type of style since I was a kid. It’s been a style I’ve been developing for a while. So I’ve always, in jiu-jitsu tournaments, gone against his boring style, where they accept being on there back and they’ll hold you there. He’s just a boring jiu-jitsu style fighter, not dangerous on the feet, doesn’t hit very hard. He’s got a lot of holes, and I look to exploit them.”

UFC Fight Night 106 takes place at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil, airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass, and Borg-Formiga is slated for the third fight of the main card.

The magnitude of facing Formiga (19-4 MMA, 5-3 UFC) isn’t lost on Borg (10-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC). Formiga comes in as the No. 5 ranked fighter in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA flyweight rankings and motivated to face champion Demetrious Johnson.

Borg, who missed weight but won his last fight against Louis Smolka at UFC 207 in December, is looking forward to the opportunity of playing spoiler.

“It’s a very big fight,” Borg said. “Being only 23 and being able to go in there and take on one of the best in the division, especially one of the best grapplers in the division, probably in the sport, it’s a big win for me. To go in there, whether I knock him out, out-grapple him, whatever it is, you know, it’s going to be a great win for me.”

And if that’s the case, Borg believes the possibilities abound for him moving forward.

“Who knows?,” Borg said. “Depending on how impressive I beat him, I could be next in line (for a title shot), or I might fight the winner of Cejudo and Pettis for a No. 1 contender’s spot. You know, it just all depends.”

To hear more from Borg, check out our full interview above.

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