Paulo Borrachinha is making his UFC debut the same way many newcomers do these days: as an injury replacement on short notice. Borrachinha (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) gets his shot at UFC Fight Night 106 on Saturday when he steps in for Alex Nicholson to fight Garreth McLellan (13-5 MMA, 1-3 UFC) in a middleweight bout that opens the UFC Fight Pass-streamed early prelims prior to the remainder of the card on FS1 at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil. The opportunity is one Borrachinha views as a long time coming after he competed on Season 3 of “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil” in 2014. It’s actually overdue in his mind, mainly because it almost happened nearly a year ago when Anderson Silva withdrew from a scheduled UFC 198 fight with Uriah Hall in May and the UFC called upon Borrachinha to step in
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