8 months agoCurtis Blaydes (18-4, one no-contest) is set to rematch Tom Aspinall in the co-main event of UFC 304 for the interim heavyweight title on Saturday. Blaydes is coming off a second-round knockout win over Jailton Almeida to return to the win column after a knockout loss to Sergei Pavlovich. Blaydes and Aspinall fought back in 2022, but just seconds into the bout, Aspinall tore his knee. Heading into the rematch, Blaydes is a sizeable underdog, as DraftKings has him at a salary of $6,800. In the UFC, Blaydes is 13-4 with one no-contest and has won eight fights by stoppage, while he's been finished in all four losses.
--Cole SheltonSource: UFC
2 years agoCurtis Blaydes' three-fight winning streak came to an end at UFC Vegas 71 on Saturday after he suffered a first-round TKO loss to Sergei Pavlovich. The two heavyweights came out swinging heavy leather from the get-go, but it was Pavlovich that had the clear speed advantage. Blaydes did land some good strikes from range, but Pavlovich's power was just different. Pavlovich initially hurt Blaydes with an overhand right that dropped him. Then he closed in for more. He wobbled Blaydes with a jab and followed with an uppercut and big combination that dropped Blaydes. Pavlovich landed a few more punches before the referee stepped in. In 3:08 of action, Blaydes landed 14 significant strikes. If Blaydes had won, he might have been the next in line for the title shot.
--Alen Kurbasic - RotoBallerSource: UFC
3 years agoOccasionally injuries happen, but not typically in back-to-back main events. Once again, we had a main event end in the first round due to a freak injury on Saturday. This time, crowd favorite Tom Aspinall (knee) potentially tore his MCL just 15 seconds into his main-event matchup in London against Curtis Blaydes. The win on paper will go down as a first-round TKO victory for Blaydes, and it should keep him near the very top of the rankings, right there in title talks.
--Matt BrickerSource: ESPN
3 years agoGetting it all done in Saturday's main event in the standup game, Curtis Blaydes finished Chris Daukaus in the second round by knockout/TKO. With no takedown attempts in 5:17 of total action, Blaydes did tally 30 significant strikes compared to just 13 for Daukaus. Ranked No. 4 in the UFC's heavyweight division, there are big names that stand between Blaydes and a title shot. Showing knockout abilities and his known wrestling skills, Blaydes has plenty of future fantasy relevance going forward.
--Matt BrickerSource: ESPN
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