not everyone .. i was arguing against him and even said autofade. he was unproven and got dropped previously, i hinted at a small sprinkle prop bet but end up passing the fight. there are far more reasons to fade a lhw who has had questionable performances in the pass.
Getting out grappled in r1 against a grappler in his dwcs fight,
Losing a bjj match to Pessoa who cant be any better than curtis
Being flipped on his back and having lewis get on top of him when he was gassing in the 3rd .
Getting koed in 2017 by a low level can when Curtis was actively fighting hw in the ufc.
The trajectory of Almeida’s career is not adding up to me.
I have a hard time believing he’s getting through a real ufc heavyweight despite showing he can be out grappled, We assume that curtis will be the one defending when he is capable of getting his own ctrl on Almeida.
Blaydes also has a bjjblue belt which means he’s spent plenty of times in the gi and learning bottom defense.
Even if you’re spectacle, see his fights in 2016, he wasn’t a turtle off his back.