Curtis Blaydes

HeavyweightWrestler
15 - 61 NC

22 UFC Fights | 68% Win Rate | 8 Finishes (53%)

Height
6' 4"
Reach
80"
Weight
265 lbs.
Age
35
Orthodox

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.

  1. Win vs Waldo Cortes Acosta · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado · Sep 2026
  2. Loss vs Josh Hokit · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg · Apr 2026
  3. Win vs Rizvan Kuniev · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. · Jun 2025
  4. Loss vs Tom Aspinall · KO/TKO · R1 1:00 · UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · Jul 2024
  5. Win vs Jailton Almeida · KO/TKO · R2 0:36 · UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · Mar 2024

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.5
+1.7x ratio
Accuracy
50%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.11

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.1
0.6x avg
Strike Differential
+1.5
Opp. Accuracy Against
41%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
3.0
above avg
Takedown Accuracy
46%
Takedown Defense
32%
Control Time / Fight
4:14
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.0

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
5% KO
0% Sub
R2
32% KO
0% Sub
R3+
5% KO
0% Sub

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.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
WWaldo Cortes AcostaDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado2026-09-12
LJosh HokitDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg2026-04-11
WRizvan KunievDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.2025-06-21
L★Tom AspinallKO/TKOR1 · 1:00UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 22024-07-27
WJailton AlmeidaKO/TKOR2 · 0:36UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 22024-03-09
LSergei PavlovichKO/TKOR1 · 3:08UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes2023-04-22
WTom AspinallKO/TKOR1 · 0:15UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall2022-07-23
WChris DaukausKO/TKOR2 · 0:17UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus2022-03-26
WJairzinho RozenstruikDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega2021-09-25
LDerrick LewisKO/TKOR2 · 1:26UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis2021-02-20
WAlexander VolkovDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov2020-06-20
WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKOR2 · 1:06UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos2020-01-25
WShamil AbdurakhimovKO/TKOR2 · 2:22UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier2019-09-07
WJustin WillisDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis2019-03-23
LFrancis NgannouKO/TKOR1 · 0:45UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 22018-11-24
WAlistair OvereemKO/TKOR3 · 2:56UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 22018-06-09
WMark HuntDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold2018-02-10
WAleksei OleinikKO/TKOR2 · 1:39UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre2017-11-04
WDaniel OmielanczukDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker2017-07-08
D/NCAdam MilsteadOtherR2 · 0:59UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie2017-02-04
WCody EastKO/TKOR2 · 2:02UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson2016-10-01
LFrancis NgannouKO/TKOR2 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos2016-04-10

How Blaydes Ranks at Heavyweight

Percentile among the 166 heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.5 sig. strikes/min
62nd percentile
Striking accuracy50%
63rd percentile
Strikes absorbed2.1/min
78th percentile
Takedowns3.0/fight
95th percentile
Takedown defense32%
11th percentile
Knockdown power0.11/fight
43rd percentile

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