UFC Fight Night 106 results: Ray Borg outworks Jussier Formiga in crucial flyweight battle

FORTALEZA, Brazil – Ray Borg started fast and never slowed against Jussier Formiga, pressing forward with an indefatigable attack that ultimately carried the day.

In a close fight that went from a grind to a back-and-forth grappling match, Borg (11-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) outpointed a game Formiga (19-5 MMA, 5-4 UFC) with scores of 29-28 from all three judges, earning a unanimous decision victory.

The flyweight bout was part of the main card of today’s UFC Fight Night 106 event at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil. It aired on FS1 following additional prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Borg succeeded in part by forcing Formiga into a defensive mode, switching between creative striking combinations on the feet and takedown attempts that kept Formiga guessing. What he struggled to do was complete many of those attempts, leaving Formiga to put his defensive wrestling skills on display up against the fence.

As the fight wore on, Formiga began to open up his offense more and more, at one point nearly kicking Borg’s legs out from under him after deftly avoiding his attacks with excellent head movement.

In the third, the action got heated with several exciting grappling scrambles, including one wherein Formiga used a fence grab to help him take Borg’s back. Borg would counter by reclaiming top position and later taking Formiga’s back, ending the bout with the same frantic attack that he’d pressed for much of the three rounds.

In the end, that was enough for the judges, all three of whom gave Borg two of the three rounds on their scorecards.

Borg has now won two straight in the UFC. Formiga has lost two of his last three.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 106 results include:

• Ray Borg def. Jussier Formiga via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Bethe Correia vs. Marion Reneau declared majority draw (29-27 Reneau, 28-28, 28-28)
• Alex Oliveira def. Tim Means via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 2:38
• Kevin Lee def. Francisco Trinaldo via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 3:12
• Sergio Moraes def. Davi Ramos via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Joe Soto def. Rani Yahya via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-27)
• Michel Prazeres def. Josh Burkman via submission (north-south choke) – Round 1, 1:42
• Jeremy Kennedy def. Rony Jason via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-27)
• Paulo Borrachinha def. Garreth McLellan via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 1:17

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

(MMAjunkie’s John Morgan and Fernanda Prates contributed to this report on site in Fortaleza.)