Heavyweight

Curtis Blaydes

Last fought: Sep 2026

RECORD

Pro

20-6-0 (1 NC)

UFC

15-6-0

Age

Height

6'4"

Weight

265 lbs

Reach

80"

Stance

Orthodox

Career Analytics

Advanced Metric	Career
Fight Shape
Avg Fight Time	9:28
Fight Completion Rate	50.9%
Avg Rounds per Fight	1.90
% Fights Inside the Distance	59.1%
Strength of Schedule
Opponent UFC Record (all, at fight time)	120-40 (75.0%)
Opponent UFC Record (among wins)	83-31 (72.8%)
Opponent UFC Record (among losses)	36-9 (80.0%)
Positional Profile
% Time at Distance (approx.)	51.9%
% Time in Control	43.8%
% Time Controlled	4.3%
Control Rate of Clinch/Ground Time	91.1%
Distance Striking
Distance Sig. Strikes Landed / Min	4.10
Distance Sig. Strikes Absorbed / Min	4.20
Distance Striking Differential / Min	-0.10
Distance Strike Accuracy	38.7%
Distance Strike Defense	59.2%
Power & Pressure
KDs per 100 Power Strikes Landed	0.44
Knocked Down per 100 Absorbed	1.00
TD Attempts per 5 Distance Min	6.83
TDs Faced per 5 Distance Min	0.92
Sub Attempts per 15 Control Min	0.00
Fade Index (R3 pace / R1 pace)	1.33

All metrics are UFC fights only. Methodology →

Where the Strikes Land

Share of landed significant strikes by target

Where the Fight Happens

Share of total fight time by position

Cumulative Significant Strikes vs the Heavyweight field

Curtis Blaydes League percentile bands (p5–p95) League median

The shaded bands are the league’s middle range: the darker center covers the 25th–75th percentile of fighters, the lighter outer zones extend to the 5th and 95th — computed only over fighters whose careers reached each minute mark. How these are calculated →

Career Stats

Statistic	Curtis Blaydes
Striking
Sig. Strike Accuracy	51.2%
Sig. Strikes Landed/min	4.0
Sig. Strikes Absorbed/min	2.7
Strike Differential	1.3/min
Grappling
Takedown Accuracy	47.3%
Takedown Defense	35.0%
Takedowns Landed/15min	5.0
Submission Attempts/15min	0.0
Control Time/15min	6:34
Finishing Ability
KO/TKO % of Wins	53.3%
Submission % of Wins	0.0%
Decision % of Wins	46.7%
Avg Fight Time	9:28
Secondary Stats
Knockdowns/15min	0.1
Reversals/15min	0.0

Last 5 Averages

Statistic	Last 5 Fights
Sig. Strike Accuracy	54.2%
Sig. Strikes Landed/min	5.3
Sig. Strikes Absorbed/min	5.1
Takedown Accuracy	25.0%
Takedown Defense	35.7%
Control Time/Fight	2:14

Fight History

WIN

vs. Waldo Cortes Acosta

Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado • Sep 2026Heavyweight

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Curtis Blaydes24/7432%TD 4/10Ctrl 3:38

Waldo Cortes Acosta28/9529%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	7/27	26%	1/3	1:13	—
	Waldo Cortes Acosta	7/23	30%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	9/24	38%	2/3	1:27	—
	Waldo Cortes Acosta	9/36	25%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Curtis Blaydes	8/23	35%	1/4	0:58	—
	Waldo Cortes Acosta	12/36	33%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Josh Hokit

UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg • Apr 2026Heavyweight

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Curtis Blaydes174/30258%TD 2/7Ctrl 2:05

Josh Hokit177/29360%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:31

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	58/108	54%	2/4	2:05	—
	Josh Hokit	41/80	51%	0/1	0:00	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	56/91	62%	0/2	0:00	—
	Josh Hokit	54/86	63%	0/0	0:20	—

R3	Curtis Blaydes	60/103	58%	0/1	0:00	—
	Josh Hokit	82/127	65%	0/0	0:11	—

WIN

vs. Rizvan Kuniev

UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. • Jun 2025Heavyweight

Decision (Split) • Rd 3, 5:00

Curtis Blaydes56/9559%TD 2/15Ctrl 5:21

Rizvan Kuniev45/10842%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:26

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	12/23	52%	2/9	3:01	—
	Rizvan Kuniev	8/22	36%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	16/39	41%	0/4	0:08	—
	Rizvan Kuniev	24/52	46%	0/0	0:04	—

R3	Curtis Blaydes	28/33	85%	0/2	2:12	—
	Rizvan Kuniev	13/34	38%	0/0	0:22	—

LOSS

vs. Tom Aspinall

UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 • Jul 2024HeavyweightTITLE

KO/TKO (Punch) • Rd 1, 1:00

Curtis Blaydes5/1145%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Tom Aspinall14/1974%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:13KD 1

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	5/11	45%	0/0	0:00	—
	Tom Aspinall	14/19	74%	0/0	0:13	1

WIN

vs. Jailton Almeida

UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 • Mar 2024Heavyweight

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 2, 0:36

Curtis Blaydes16/2564%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:09

Jailton Almeida1/333%TD 9/13Ctrl 4:39

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	0/2	0%	0/0	0:02	—
	Jailton Almeida	0/0	—	9/12	4:39	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	16/23	70%	0/0	0:07	—
	Jailton Almeida	1/3	33%	0/1	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Sergei Pavlovich

UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes • Apr 2023Heavyweight

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 1, 3:08

Curtis Blaydes14/5625%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:00

Sergei Pavlovich36/8542%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:02KD 1

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	14/56	25%	0/1	0:00	—
	Sergei Pavlovich	36/85	42%	0/0	0:02	1

WIN

vs. Tom Aspinall

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall • Jul 2022Heavyweight

KO/TKO • Rd 1, 0:15

Curtis Blaydes4/1040%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:01

Tom Aspinall3/560%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	4/10	40%	0/0	0:01	—
	Tom Aspinall	3/5	60%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Chris Daukaus

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus • Mar 2022Heavyweight

KO/TKO (Punch) • Rd 2, 0:17

Curtis Blaydes30/6348%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:03KD 1

Chris Daukaus13/3834%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	23/53	43%	0/0	0:00	—
	Chris Daukaus	12/37	32%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	7/10	70%	0/0	0:03	1
	Chris Daukaus	1/1	100%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik

UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega • Sep 2021Heavyweight

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Curtis Blaydes32/9633%TD 3/6Ctrl 6:19

Jairzinho Rozenstruik18/6826%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	19/42	45%	1/2	1:54	—
	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	6/28	21%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	8/37	22%	1/3	1:20	—
	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	10/31	32%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Curtis Blaydes	5/17	29%	1/1	3:05	—
	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	2/9	22%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Derrick Lewis

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis • Feb 2021Heavyweight

KO/TKO (Punch) • Rd 2, 1:26

Curtis Blaydes28/5254%TD 0/3Ctrl 0:15

Derrick Lewis7/2330%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:02KD 1

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	26/44	59%	0/1	0:05	—
	Derrick Lewis	5/20	25%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	2/8	25%	0/2	0:10	—
	Derrick Lewis	2/3	67%	0/0	0:02	1

WIN

vs. Alexander Volkov

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov • Jun 2020Heavyweight

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 5, 5:00

Curtis Blaydes69/9970%TD 14/25Ctrl 19:52

Alexander Volkov31/7740%TD 1/2Ctrl 0:46

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	27/32	84%	5/6	4:52	—
	Alexander Volkov	1/1	100%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	17/24	71%	3/4	4:02	—
	Alexander Volkov	7/15	47%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Curtis Blaydes	13/22	59%	1/4	3:53	—
	Alexander Volkov	5/13	38%	0/0	0:06	—

R4	Curtis Blaydes	5/10	50%	3/6	3:39	—
	Alexander Volkov	12/23	52%	1/2	0:26	—

R5	Curtis Blaydes	7/11	64%	2/5	3:26	—
	Alexander Volkov	6/25	24%	0/0	0:14	—

WIN

vs. Junior Dos Santos

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos • Jan 2020Heavyweight

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 2, 1:06

Curtis Blaydes28/6047%TD 0/6Ctrl 0:19

Junior Dos Santos7/3023%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	14/38	37%	0/4	0:17	—
	Junior Dos Santos	5/23	22%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	14/22	64%	0/2	0:02	—
	Junior Dos Santos	2/7	29%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov

UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier • Sep 2019Heavyweight

KO/TKO (Elbow) • Rd 2, 2:22

Curtis Blaydes25/4358%TD 5/5Ctrl 6:08

Shamil Abdurakhimov3/838%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	12/24	50%	4/4	4:02	—
	Shamil Abdurakhimov	1/5	20%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	13/19	68%	1/1	2:06	—
	Shamil Abdurakhimov	2/3	67%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Justin Willis

UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis • Mar 2019Heavyweight

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Curtis Blaydes22/3367%TD 7/11Ctrl 11:44

Justin Willis2/922%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	10/14	71%	4/5	4:25	—
	Justin Willis	0/0	—	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	8/9	89%	2/3	4:39	—
	Justin Willis	0/0	—	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Curtis Blaydes	4/10	40%	1/3	2:40	—
	Justin Willis	2/9	22%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Francis Ngannou

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 • Nov 2018Heavyweight

KO/TKO (Punch) • Rd 1, 0:45

Curtis Blaydes1/812%TD 0/2Ctrl 0:00

Francis Ngannou13/1776%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:08KD 1

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	1/8	12%	0/2	0:00	—
	Francis Ngannou	13/17	76%	0/0	0:08	1

WIN

vs. Alistair Overeem

UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 • Jun 2018Heavyweight

KO/TKO (Elbows) • Rd 3, 2:56

Curtis Blaydes37/5370%TD 4/4Ctrl 7:47

Alistair Overeem7/1258%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	1/5	20%	1/1	2:19	—
	Alistair Overeem	1/3	33%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	13/20	65%	2/2	3:31	—
	Alistair Overeem	4/5	80%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Curtis Blaydes	23/28	82%	1/1	1:57	—
	Alistair Overeem	2/4	50%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Mark Hunt

UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold • Feb 2018Heavyweight

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Curtis Blaydes56/10553%TD 10/14Ctrl 9:35

Mark Hunt14/3244%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:07KD 1

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	9/35	26%	3/4	2:16	—
	Mark Hunt	11/21	52%	0/0	0:01	1

R2	Curtis Blaydes	16/32	50%	1/4	2:37	—
	Mark Hunt	2/9	22%	0/0	0:01	—

R3	Curtis Blaydes	31/38	82%	6/6	4:42	—
	Mark Hunt	1/2	50%	0/0	0:05	—

WIN

vs. Aleksei Oleinik

UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre • Nov 2017Heavyweight

KO/TKO • Rd 2, 1:39

Curtis Blaydes39/10139%TD 4/4Ctrl 1:54KD 1

Aleksei Oleinik34/6850%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:16

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	30/74	41%	3/3	1:17	1
	Aleksei Oleinik	26/50	52%	0/0	0:16	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	9/27	33%	1/1	0:37	—
	Aleksei Oleinik	8/18	44%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Daniel Omielanczuk

UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker • Jul 2017Heavyweight

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00

Curtis Blaydes72/16843%TD 0/13Ctrl 5:34

Daniel Omielanczuk51/13239%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:03

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	17/38	45%	0/6	3:02	—
	Daniel Omielanczuk	16/35	46%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	21/57	37%	0/4	1:16	—
	Daniel Omielanczuk	15/46	33%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Curtis Blaydes	34/73	47%	0/3	1:16	—
	Daniel Omielanczuk	20/51	39%	0/1	0:03	—

vs. Adam Milstead

UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie • Feb 2017Heavyweight

Overturned • Rd 2, 0:59

Curtis Blaydes25/3376%TD 8/10Ctrl 5:04

Adam Milstead1/1100%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	18/26	69%	7/8	4:20	—
	Adam Milstead	1/1	100%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	7/7	100%	1/2	0:44	—
	Adam Milstead	0/0	—	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Cody East

UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson • Oct 2016Heavyweight

KO/TKO (Elbows) • Rd 2, 2:02

Curtis Blaydes52/8164%TD 5/6Ctrl 4:27

Cody East21/4745%TD 3/3Ctrl 0:25

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	24/49	49%	4/5	2:53	—
	Cody East	16/37	43%	3/3	0:25	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	28/32	88%	1/1	1:34	—
	Cody East	5/10	50%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Francis Ngannou

UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos • Apr 2016Heavyweight

KO/TKO • Rd 2, 5:00

Curtis Blaydes24/5841%TD 2/6Ctrl 1:05

Francis Ngannou36/8443%TD 0/0Ctrl 1:17

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Curtis Blaydes	13/25	52%	1/3	0:49	—
	Francis Ngannou	15/35	43%	0/0	0:59	—

R2	Curtis Blaydes	11/33	33%	1/3	0:16	—
	Francis Ngannou	21/49	43%	0/0	0:18	—

Last updated: 2026-09-14 | Data source: UFCStats.com