#5Curtis BlaydesAll-Around

Heavyweight · 19-6 (1 NC) · orthodox

Last 5
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Height
6'4"
193.04 cm
Reach
6'8"
203.2 cm
Age
35
Elo Rating
1669.1

Scouting report

Career stats ranked against 111 Heavyweight fighters in our database with 5+ UFC fights. The tick marks the division median.

Strengths

  • Averages 5.12 takedowns per 15 minutes — better than 97% of Heavyweight fighters

Weaknesses

  • Stops only 35% of opponents' takedown attempts — worse than 84% of Heavyweight fighters
  • Attempts just 0.00 submissions per 15 minutes — worse than 83% of Heavyweight fighters

Striking

  • Strikes landed / min
    4.18
    Top 27%
  • Striking accuracy
    52%
    Top 27%
  • Strikes absorbed / min
    2.76
    Top 30%
  • Striking defense
    53%
    Top 43%

Grappling

  • Takedowns / 15 min
    5.12
    Top 3%
  • Takedown accuracy
    47%
    Top 28%
  • Takedown defense
    35%
    Bottom 16%
  • Submission attempts / 15 min
    0.00
    Bottom 17%

Recent opponents

Last 5 opponents averaged Elo 1615, higher than 83% of Heavyweight fighters. Ratings are each opponent's current Elo, not their rating on fight night. The tick marks this fighter's own Elo (1669).

Last 5 — Fight Time
05101520255:36Almeida1:00Aspinall15:00Kuniev15:00Hokit15:00Cortes-Acosta
Win Loss Draw/NC

Fight History

WWaldo Cortes-Acosta
Noche UFC: Silva vs Delgado
2026-09-13 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
LJosh Hokit
UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg
2026-04-11 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WRizvan Kuniev
UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.
2025-06-21 · Decision - Split, R3 5:00
LTom AspinallTitle
UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2
2024-07-27 · KO/TKO, R1 1:00
WJailton Almeida
UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2
2024-03-09 · KO/TKO, R2 0:36
LSergei Pavlovich
UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes
2023-04-22 · KO/TKO, R1 3:08
WTom Aspinall
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall
2022-07-23 · KO/TKO, R1 0:15
WChris Daukaus
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus
2022-03-26 · KO/TKO, R2 0:17
WJairzinho Rozenstruik
UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega
2021-09-25 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
LDerrick Lewis
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis
2021-02-20 · KO/TKO, R2 1:26
WAlexander Volkov
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov
2020-06-20 · Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00
WJunior Dos Santos
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos
2020-01-25 · KO/TKO, R2 1:06
WShamil Abdurakhimov
UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier
2019-09-07 · KO/TKO, R2 2:22
WJustin Willis
UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis
2019-03-23 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
LFrancis Ngannou
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2
2018-11-24 · KO/TKO, R1 0:45
WAlistair Overeem
UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
2018-06-09 · KO/TKO, R3 2:56
WMark Hunt
UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold
2018-02-10 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WAleksei Oleinik
UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre
2017-11-04 · TKO - Doctor's Stoppage, R2 1:39
WDaniel Omielanczuk
UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker
2017-07-08 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
NCAdam Milstead
UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie
2017-02-04
WCody East
UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson
2016-10-01 · KO/TKO, R2 2:02
LFrancis Ngannou
UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos
2016-04-10 · TKO - Doctor's Stoppage, R2 5:00