Jailton Almeida is “mentally undefeated” in the UFC Heavyweight division.
Call it what you want, the Brazilian prospect’s hype train came to a halt in his last fight at UFC 299 as Almeida was pulverized by a series of short punches from Curtis Blaydes, suffering his first official UFC loss. The TKO stoppage occurred in the second round after much success from Almeida, who was able to pick up nine takedowns on Blaydes in the first frame of the fight. The feat is all the more impressive given the fact Blaydes has only been taken down once in the last seven years.