Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-01-25, pretty good finish between
Curtis Blaydes and Junior dos Santos but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
Curtis Blaydes entered this fight with a professional mma record of 12-2-0 (75% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.7 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Stipe Miocic). He lost the rematch with Francis Ngannou in 2018 (Curtis Blaydes vs Francis Ngannou 2) but then he has won over Justin Willis (Curtis Blaydes vs Justin Willis) and Shamil Abdurakhimov (Curtis Blaydes vs Shamil Abdurakhimov).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Hw champion Junior dos Santos, has an official record of 21-6-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. ‘Cigano’ fought twice last year defeating Derrick Lewis (Derrick Lewis vs Junior dos Santos) and losing to Francis Ngannou (Francis Ngannou vs Junior dos Santos). Blaydes vs dos Santos is the main event of UFC Fight Night 166 (UFC on ESPN+ 24). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-09-07, disappointing fight between
Curtis Blaydes and Shamil Abdurakhimov: it gets two stars.
Curtis Blaydes entered this fight with a professional record of 11-2-0 (73% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.8 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Stipe Miocic). He lost the rematch with Francis Ngannou last year (Curtis Blaydes vs Francis Ngannou 2) but he came back to win against Justin Willis in 2019 (Curtis Blaydes vs Justin Willis).
His opponent, Shamil Abdurakhimov, has a mma record of 20-4-0 (65% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He lost to Derrick Lewis in 2016 (Derrick Lewis vs Shamil Abdurakhimov) but since then he has won over Chase Sherman, Andrei Arlovski (Andrei Arlovski vs Shamil Abdurakhimov) and Marcin Tybura (Marcin Tybura vs Shamil Abdurakhimov). Blaydes vs Abdurakhimov is on the undercard of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Dustin Poirier – UFC 242. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-03-23, boring fight between
Curtis Blaydes and Justin Willis: it gets one star.
Curtis Blaydes entered this fight with a professional record of 10-2-0 (80% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.7 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier). He fought three times last year beating Mark Hunt (Mark Hunt vs Curtis Blaydes) and Alistair Overeem (Alistair Overeem vs Curtis Blaydes) but then he lost to Francis Ngannou in their rematch (Curtis Blaydes vs Francis Ngannou 2).
His opponent, Justin Willis, has a mma record of 8-1-0 (50% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss at his first professional mma fight, against Henry Solis, since then he has won eight consecutive bouts defeating Chase Sherman and Mark Hunt in 2018 (Mark Hunt vs Justin Willis). Blaydes vs Willis is on the undercard of Stephen Thompson vs Anthony Pettis – UFC Fight Night 148 (UFC on ESPN+ 6). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-11-24, good start between
Curtis Blaydes and Francis Ngannou 2: it gets three stars (UFC Performances of the Night).
Curtis Blaydes entered this fight with a professional mma record of 10-1-0 (80% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.4 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier). He suffered his only loss when he faced Francis Ngannou in 2016, after this fight he has collected five victories and one no-contest defeating Alexey Oleynik (Alexey Oleynik vs Curtis Blaydes), Mark Hunt (Mark Hunt vs Curtis Blaydes) and Alistair Overeem in his last three (Alistair Overeem vs Curtis Blaydes).
His opponent, Francis Ngannou, has an official record of 11-3-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive losses, suffered against Stipe Miocic (Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou) and Derrick Lewis (Francis Ngannou vs Derrick Lewis); before these two bouts he had beat Alistair Overeem (Alistair Overeem vs Francis Ngannou). Blaydes vs Ngannou 2 is the main event of UFC Fight Night 141. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-09, pretty good fight between
Alistair Overeem and Curtis Blaydes: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The former K-1, Strikeforce and Dream world champion Alistair Overeem entered this fight with a record of 43-16-0 (88% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Stipe Miocic). The Reem fought three times last year beating Mark Hunt (Overeem vs Hunt 2) and Fabricio Werdum (Werdum vs Overeem 3) but then he lost to Francis Ngannou (Alistair Overeem vs Francis Ngannou).
His opponent, Curtis Blaydes, has an official mma record of 9-1-0 (78% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Francis Ngannou in 2016, after this fight he has collected four victories and one no-contest defeating Alexey Oleynik (Alexey Oleynik vs Curtis Blaydes) and Mark Hunt in his last two (Mark Hunt vs Curtis Blaydes). Overeem vs Blaydes is on the undercard of Robert Whittaker vs Yoel Romero 2 – UFC 225. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-02-11, disappointing fight between
Mark Hunt and Curtis Blaydes: it gets two stars.
The 43-year-old (27 years older than Blaydes) former K-1 world champion Mark Hunt entered this fight with a pro mma record of 13-11-1 (77% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.5 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Stipe Miocic). He fought twice last year losing to Alistair Overeem (Overeem vs Hunt 2) and beating Derrick Lewis (Derrick Lewis vs Mark Hunt).
His opponent, Curtis Blaydes, has a record of 8-1-0 (88% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.15 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Francis Ngannou in 2016, after this fight he has won over Cody East, Adam Milstead (then overturned in a no-contest beacause he tested positive for marijuana), Daniel Omielanczuk (Omielanczuk vs Blaydes) and Alexey Oleynik (Alexey Oleynik vs Curtis Blaydes). Blaydes vs Hunt is on the undercard of Yoel Romero vs Luke Rockhold – UFC 221. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-04, nice and tough exchanges between
Alexey Oliynyk and Curtis Blaydes: it gets three stars.
The black belt in jiu-jitsu and 2005 world combat sambo champion Alexey Oleynik (he is 40 years old, 14 years older than Blaydes) entered this fight with a mma record of 55-10-1 (93% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Stipe Miocic). He lost to Daniel Omielanczuk in 2016 (via majority decision, Oleinik vs Omielanczuk) but then he has defeated Viktor Pesta (=Oleynik vs Pesta) and Travis Browne (=Browne vs Oleynik).
His opponent, Curtis Blaydes, has an official record of 8-1-0 (88% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.32 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Francis Ngannou last year, after this fight he has won over Cody East, Adam Milstead (then overturned in a no-contest beacause he tested positive for marijuana) and Daniel Omielanczuk (=Omielanczuk vs Blaydes). Blaydes vs Oliynyk is on the undercard of Michael Bisping vs Georges St Pierre – UFC 217. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-07-08, fight not particularly good between
Daniel Omielanczuk and Curtis Blaydes: it gets two stars.
Daniel Omielanczuk entered this fight with a mma record of 19-7-1 (63% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.35 heavyweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive defeats, against Stefan Struve (=Struve vs Omielanczuk) and Timothy Johnson.
His opponent, Curtis Blaydes, has an official record of 7-1-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.54 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Francis Ngannou last year, after this fight he has won over Cody East and Adam Milstead (then overturned in a no-contest beacause he tested positive for marijuana). Curtis Blaydes vs Daniel Omielanczuk is on the undercard of Yoel Romero vs Robert Whittaker – UFC 213. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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