Sumudaerji’s Range and Takedown Defense Shut Out Borjas
Sumudaerji defeated Kevin Borjas on August 23, 2025, at UFC Shanghai in China. All three judges scored the flyweight contest 30–27 after Sumudaerji combined varied kicking attacks with the defensive wrestling needed to keep Borjas from imposing his preferred positions.
Distance limited the challenger’s openings
Sumudaerji attacked with kicks while Borjas often waited to counter. The Peruvian tried to close distance and press the fight toward the fence, but could not turn those advances into reliable takedowns.
The standing exchanges repeatedly returned to the same problem for Borjas: he needed to cross his opponent’s range before he could build sustained offense. Sumudaerji’s movement and kicking variety made that task increasingly difficult.
Fence pressure did not become ground control
Borjas landed body punches during a second-round clinch, but Sumudaerji separated and resumed attacking from the center. An eye-poke interruption brought a stern warning without a point deduction.
In the third, Sumudaerji continued kicking the body and defending takedowns. A late elbow in close added another effective strike as Borjas struggled to convert his wrestling attempts into a decisive change.
A second victory of the year rewarded consistent defense
The unanimous verdict followed Sumudaerji’s April split-decision win over Mitch Raposo at UFC 314. Shanghai therefore supplied another successful outing during a productive rebuilding year.
Borjas remained active through the distance, but never established the ground control needed to redirect the fight. Sumudaerji’s ability to preserve space and resume his own offense carried the result across all three rounds.
