Curtis Blaydes
22 UFC Fights | 68% Win Rate | 8 Finishes (53%)
Curtis Blaydes UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Curtis Blaydes is 15-6 in the UFC across 22 fights (1 no contest), with 8 wins by knockout and 7 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 20-6 (1 NC), 5-0 of it outside the UFC. Blaydes competes at heavyweight as an orthodox wrestler, standing 6'4" with a 80" reach at 35 years old. The last bout was a win over Waldo Cortes Acosta by unanimous decision in Sep 2026.
Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 95th percentile among 166 heavyweight fighters (3.0/fight).
Curtis Blaydes's UFC win rate is 68% (15 of 22 fights), and 53% of those wins came by finish. Blaydes averages 3.0 takedowns per fight at 46% accuracy and stops 32% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 20-6 (1 NC)
- UFC Record
- 15-6 (1 NC)
- Height
- 6'4"
- Reach
- 80"
- Age
- 35
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- W vs Waldo Cortes Acosta · Decision - Unanimous · Sep 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Curtis Blaydes's Last 5 Fights
Blaydes is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Win vs Waldo Cortes Acosta · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado · Sep 2026
- Loss vs Josh Hokit · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg · Apr 2026
- Win vs Rizvan Kuniev · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. · Jun 2025
- Loss vs Tom Aspinall · KO/TKO · R1 1:00 · UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · Jul 2024
- Win vs Jailton Almeida · KO/TKO · R2 0:36 · UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · Mar 2024
Striking
Fighter Profile
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Defensive
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Curtis Blaydes vs Average
Curtis Blaydes lands 13.7 strikes in R1 but 16.7 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Curtis Blaydes's UFC Fight History
22 UFC fights on record (15-6 (1 NC)), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Waldo Cortes Acosta | Decision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado | 2026-09-12 |
| L | Josh Hokit | Decision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg | 2026-04-11 |
| W | Rizvan Kuniev | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. | 2025-06-21 |
| L★ | Tom Aspinall | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:00 | UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 | 2024-07-27 |
| W | Jailton Almeida | KO/TKO | R2 · 0:36 | UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 | 2024-03-09 |
| L | Sergei Pavlovich | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:08 | UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes | 2023-04-22 |
| W | Tom Aspinall | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:15 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall | 2022-07-23 |
| W | Chris Daukaus | KO/TKO | R2 · 0:17 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus | 2022-03-26 |
| W | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega | 2021-09-25 |
| L | Derrick Lewis | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:26 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | 2021-02-20 |
| W | Alexander Volkov | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov | 2020-06-20 |
| W | Junior Dos Santos | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:06 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos | 2020-01-25 |
| W | Shamil Abdurakhimov | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:22 | UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier | 2019-09-07 |
| W | Justin Willis | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis | 2019-03-23 |
| L | Francis Ngannou | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:45 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 | 2018-11-24 |
| W | Alistair Overeem | KO/TKO | R3 · 2:56 | UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 | 2018-06-09 |
| W | Mark Hunt | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold | 2018-02-10 |
| W | Aleksei Oleinik | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:39 | UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre | 2017-11-04 |
| W | Daniel Omielanczuk | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker | 2017-07-08 |
| D/NC | Adam Milstead | Other | R2 · 0:59 | UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie | 2017-02-04 |
| W | Cody East | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:02 | UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson | 2016-10-01 |
| L | Francis Ngannou | KO/TKO | R2 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos | 2016-04-10 |
How Blaydes Ranks at Heavyweight
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