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The most stacked card of the year takes place this Saturday night at United Center in Chicago, Illinois when the world’s most popular MMA promotion comes to town for UFC 225. The card is littered with huge names from top to bottom as well as a nu…
The most stacked card of the year takes place this Saturday night at United Center in Chicago, Illinois when the world’s most popular MMA promotion comes to town for UFC 225. The card is littered with huge names from top to bottom as well as a number of intriguing matches that should provide plenty of […]
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The UFC’s Heavyweight Division is at a crossroads with a mixture of legends and up and comers. The youth movement in the Heavyweight Division is in full swing and at the forefront is the number four ranked Curtis “Razor” Blaydes. Afte…
The UFC’s Heavyweight Division is at a crossroads with a mixture of legends and up and comers. The youth movement in the Heavyweight Division is in full swing and at the forefront is the number four ranked Curtis “Razor” Blaydes. After a dominant victory in New Zealand over veteran and legend of the sport Mark […]
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Another UFC star has given his take on Daniel Cormier vs. Stipe Miocic. That contender is Curtis Blaydes. He sounded off on the next super fight under the UFC banner. This fight will see UFC light heavyweight champion move back to heavyweight to take on the division champion at UFC 226. Blaydes is coming off […]
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Another UFC star has given his take on Daniel Cormier vs. Stipe Miocic.
That contender is Curtis Blaydes. He sounded off on the next super fight under the UFC banner.
This fight will see UFC light heavyweight champion move back to heavyweight to take on the division champion at UFC 226.
Blaydes is coming off one of the biggest wins of his career over Mark Hunt at UFC 221. He recently conducted an interview with Submission Radio.
During the interview, he not only gave his prediction for this upcoming showdown but also explained why he thinks the heavyweight champion will get it done come July.
“It is a tough one,” Blaydes said (transcript courtesy of Bloody Elbow). “This is another great match-up. Daniel Cormier, who is I think undefeated as a heavyweight, to put him against, as you said, possibly the greatest heavyweight champion we’ve had, I think it’s a great match-up.
I’m going with Stipe. I think it’s going to be a banger. I think it’s going to be five rounds, just like Jon Jones’ last (fight), not his last one against DC but their first fight against each other. I think it’s gonna go like that. They’re both gonna get rocked, they’re both gonna get taken down, they’re both gonna get cut and have bruises and what not, but I think Stipe’s length and his boxing (will be too much). “
Blaydes revealed in this interview his experiences training with Miocic. He also gave insights on both the wrestling and striking battles they had while sparring against each other.
“I actually trained with him a couple of years ago, I wrestled with him,” Bl And I’m not gonna toot my own horn, but I think I’m one of the better wrestlers overall regardless of the weight class in the UFC right now, and his wrestling is legit. He is very good.
“On the feet he destroyed me. I was an amateur, this is back in 2013. I’m one of those guys, I’m not gonna lie to you when someone is better. Like, he was leaps and bounds better than me. He was supposed to be, like, at the time he was going up against Gabriel Gonzaga. So yeah, it would have been weird if they brought me in there and I just started picking him apart. That probably would have been a problem for Stipe.
No, he handled me like he was supposed to. But when we wrestled, like I said, pretty back and forth. He would go, (in) I guess an hour practice, he would get two takedowns, I would get two takedowns, or maybe he would get one more, maybe I would get one more.”
UFC 226 is set to take place on Saturday, July 6, 2018, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass.
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Fight fans can look forward to a heavyweight slugfest involving Alistair Overeem at the UFC 225 pay-per-view event. The UFC announced on Wednesday afternoon that the former title contender would fight top prospect Curtis Blaydes at the upcoming event. …
Fight fans can look forward to a heavyweight slugfest involving Alistair Overeem at the UFC 225 pay-per-view event. The UFC announced on Wednesday afternoon that the former title contender would fight top prospect Curtis Blaydes at the upcoming event. Blaydes (9–1-1) is coming off the biggest win of his career by scoring a unanimous decision […]
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The UFC’s heavyweight division has always been held under a microscope when it comes to young and fresh top contenders. With Stipe Miocic sitting atop the division as champion, and former titleholders such as Fabricio Werdum, Cain Velasquez and A…
The UFC’s heavyweight division has always been held under a microscope when it comes to young and fresh top contenders. With Stipe Miocic sitting atop the division as champion, and former titleholders such as Fabricio Werdum, Cain Velasquez and Alistair Overeem among the Top-5, someone like Curtis Blaydes could be a key fixture moving forward. […]
Last night (Feb. 10, 2018), rising heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes scored the biggest victory of his career, as he outwrestled veteran Mark Hunt on his way to a decision win. Given the fact that Hunt is one of the very best knockout artists that the heavyweight division has ever seen, Blaydes knew that he had […]
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Last night (Feb. 10, 2018), rising heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes scored the biggest victory of his career, as he outwrestled veteran Mark Hunt on his way to a decision win.
Given the fact that Hunt is one of the very best knockout artists that the heavyweight division has ever seen, Blaydes knew that he had to get the fight to the ground where he feels as if he’s a ‘shark’:
“That was always my game plan. I am not a fool,” Blaydes said at the evening’s post-fight press conference. “I had no aspirations of standing and trying to bang with Mark Hunt so he can knock my head off. That was always the game plan. I am the better wrestler, why not use it? And I train in Denver, we’re a mile up in the air. There’s no elevation here in Perth, I knew I’d be the better conditioned athlete, I knew wrestling would gas him out a lot faster than standing and banging at his own pace, so I wanted to dictate where we went.
“On the feet, he’s a lion; on the ground, I’m a shark. I wanted to drag him into deep waters. That’s what I did.”
He did, however, admit that he was ‘rocked’ for a moment on the feet when Hunt landed a big shot, even going as far as to reveal that his vision ‘went black’:
“When he landed those heavy strikes, he definitely rocked me,” Blaydes said. “My vision went black for like, two seconds, and I heard my cornermen screaming ‘takedown!’ I knew I should get the takedown and that’s why he was able to get up so quickly because I wasn’t really in it so I got the takedown, it gave me enough time just to recover and then from there I kind of knew my range and I knew where not to be. From there, I knew I had to continue with the takedowns. I knew it would gas him out and help me get the W.”
At 26-years-old, Blaydes certainly has a bright future ahead of him. With a marquee win now under his belt, who would you like to see him face next?
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