Outside of a loss to Francis Ngannou in his debut, Curtis Blaydes is unbeaten inside the Octagon and getting better with each fight. After adding Alistair Overeem and Mark Hunt to his resume in 2018, the Chicago native believes he’s risen to the top of the division.
At UFC 225, Blaydes ended Overeem’s night in emphatic fashion, as he bloodied the Dutchman’s face with a series of violent elbows from top position for a technical knockout victory at the 2:56 mark of the third round. Four months earlier, “Razor” Blaydes landed 10 takedowns en route to an convincing unanimous verdict over Hunt at UFC 221.