Dana White doesn’t usually play hall monitor and film critic on the same night, but Thursday’s UFC 334 press conference got both out of him. After stepping in to keep Caio Borralho and Yousri Belgaroui apart during their staredown, White gave the moment a review. The fight account Championship Rounds posted his verdict on X: “That was actually f*cking good.”
He wasn’t wrong. According to clips Championship Rounds posted, Belgaroui opened with, “When I bite, I bite to kill.” Borralho shot back, “Oh yeah? Bite my dick.” Belgaroui then swerved into a bit about the table, and the room lost it. UFC Brasil also noted on X that somebody worked in a Matrix reference. The official UFC account labeled the whole scene “Gettin’ SPICY in the Presser” and followed it Friday with “No backing down.”
I’ll take that kind of face-off every single time. The trash talk was ugly and kind of stupid, and it plainly wasn’t scripted, which beats two guys glaring at each other while a publicist counts down the seconds.
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Who’s Fighting Who
Borralho (18-2) is No. 9 at middleweight in the Knockout Daily rankings. The Brazilian co-founded The Fighting Nerds with coach Pablo Sucupira, earned his UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series with a first-round TKO of Jesse Murray, and knocked out Paul Craig in Round 2 at UFC 301 in May 2024. His last fight was March 7, 2026.
Belgaroui is the newcomer, and the kickboxing nerds already know him. The Tunisian-Dutch striker challenged for the Glory middleweight title three times. He’s also one of the few men who can say he beat Alex Pereira, taking a unanimous decision in the 2017 Glory contender tournament final before Pereira stopped him in two title rematches. A year earlier, he dropped a split decision to Israel Adesanya. So yes, the guy has shared a ring with two future UFC champions, and Borralho is about to find out what that means up close.
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What’s Next
This is a big swing for Belgaroui. Beating a ranked grinder like Borralho in his debut would put him straight into the middleweight conversation. For Borralho, losing to a UFC newcomer after mouthing off at a presser would sting for a long time.
They settle it Saturday, Nov. 14, at UFC 334, the Ciryl Gane vs. Hokit card, live on Paramount+ at 9 p.m. ET.
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