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Curtis Blaydes finished Junior dos Santos in the second round of their fight at UFC Raleigh. On Twitter, pro fighters praised his performance.
Many predicted Curtis Blaydes could have TKO’d Junior dos Santos with ground and pound, but not standing up. In a surprising finish to UFC Raleigh’s main event, ‘Razor’ caught the former UFC heavyweight champion with a perfect right hand and then followed it up with a flurry of strikes to warrant a stoppage from the referee in the second round. On Twitter, pro fighters praised his performance.
Fun fact:@RazorBlaydes265 and I both lead the HWT and LHW division in takedowns and I believe TD accuracy also, both from Illinois, and both were Illinois Juco wrestlers. You want to b good at wrestling… go to Juco in Illinois. Lol
Let’s go Curt!! @NJCAA #jucoboys #Contenders— Corey Anderson UFC (@CoreyA_MMA) January 26, 2020
I got @RazorBlaydes265
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) January 26, 2020
Junior is loading that right hand #UFCRaleigh
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) January 26, 2020
Ok we can agree on one thing . Never let JDS get first swing at the piñata. That boy be swinging #UFCRaleigh
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) January 26, 2020
Congrats my boy @RazorBlaydes265 !!! Give him that title shot!! #UFCRaleigh #getthestrap
— Corey Anderson UFC (@CoreyA_MMA) January 26, 2020
The homie Curtis with the hands!!! Congrats big dog. @RazorBlaydes265
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) January 26, 2020
Blaydes is a problem for anyone , perfect combination of speed, power , grappling and striking … future Champ right there
— Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) January 26, 2020
Wow @RazorBlaydes265 took out a striker with strikes! No one saw that coming #UFCRaleigh
— Julian marquez (@JMarquezMMA) January 26, 2020
Fuck man JDS collar bone looks snapped
— Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) January 26, 2020
@RazorBlaydes265 joining the #50k #bonus club once again. Great performance. #JDS is a legend always love seeing that man compete.
— Justin Gaethje (@Justin_Gaethje) January 26, 2020
Damn that was an amazing performance @RazorBlaydes265 gets it done with a tko. I knew that was coming. Curtis kept faking that shot and I had a feeling he was going to level change and throw an overhand. #mystictat #UFCRaleigh
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) January 26, 2020
Perfect game!!!Thanks to everyone that believed in me and to all the haters I told you so #bullysback pic.twitter.com/Vn09jFecow
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) January 26, 2020