Curtis Blaydes, is he really boring?

[JoeRowe]

Whenever Blaydes name gets brought up its usually under the guise of him being a boring fighter. When in fact he's actually a bit of a glass-cannon. 12 of his 17 UFC fights(excluding the Aspinall injury) have resulted in a ko/tko finish. Only 30% of his fights go to decision but people talk about him like he's Belal. He does use his wrestling but he's not opposed to g-n-p finishes.

I like the Kuniev fight next week & I think Blaydes gets his 8th ko/tko victory in his UFC career. He'll likely never be champion but hespect the Blaydes, a just bleed warrior.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

He has provided some good knockouts, both giving and receiving

 

[Thesnake101]

He hasn't used his wrestling since the Jairzinho fight (which was boring). He's not boring anymore because he fancies himself a striker which usually ends up with him running over his opponent or dying, no in-between.

 

[DiazSlap]

Blaydes has all the ability but heart amd brains seem to be lacking

 

[TheBulge]

No way. I remember a lot of his fights and how incredibly violently they ended, with him winning or losing. To Ngannou, Reem, Lewis, Almeida, JDS etc.

 

[jko1355]

I think people are talking about his personality not his fighting style

 

[Thawing Mammoth]

Thou shalt not be a rassler at HW... And once he was known as the boring wrestling guy, that stuck. Also he's not outrageously charismatic, doesn't play the media stunt game, kind of seems like just a guy

 

[Hymen Crusher]

Nah his fights are mostly entertaining.

 

[Tweak896]

He can have boring fights when he plans to just wrestle to a decision, but he mostly doesn't. Probably should have stuck to wrestling everyone and would have a longer career.

 

[Shaolin Alan]

He's no Court McGee, that's for certain

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

Even when he’s wrestling he usually finishes the guys he goes up against.

Hell he was the perennial #2 contender for a couple years… Everyone expected him to become a champion…Or at least fight for the belt

 

[Morning Star]

Sometimes. Dude has a lot of entertaining KOs both as the giver and receiver.

 

[Slaikkaaja]

I like him. But his style, lay n pray sucks. If he goes Kill or get killed, I like that style.

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

he's very entertaining other than the jairzinho fight, willing to bang on the feet and has good ground and pound, I think him and kuniev will have a great fight on saturday since kuniev also brawls when he cannot get a takedown

 

[FreddieRoachsVoice]

It's not even that I find his fighting style especially boring; I just feel that his position in the division makes him incredibly boring.

Blaydes has been in the UFC for 9 years now and he's never made it to a title shot, he's never won Fight of the Night, he's consistently choked when put in a title eliminator, and he's already past the peak of his career.

Factoring all of this in, do you really get excited for his upcoming fights? He's been main eventing Fight Nights for 7 years now and I am goddamn sick of hearing his name at this point knowing he is never going to do anything with the win even if he gets it and if he loses, he'll still be a main eventer next time around so nothing will change. There are absolutely no stakes in his fights.

He is the HW version of Ryan Bader or the MMA version of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Shit or get off the pot. If HW wasn't an absolute wasteland of a division with Tai freakin Tuvasa still ranked in the top 10, I would hope that he goes to another promotion and has some success there. The Fight Night cards seem to only have a select few names that are always featured and the UFC is in desperate need of a shake up. I have no idea why someone would even spend $1 to attend one of these.

 

[markys00]

Glass Cannon? Sounds like you just wanted to use that phrase lol

 

[FreddieRoachsVoice]

Glass Cannon? Sounds like you just wanted to use that phrase lol

How is that not fitting here? Blaydes has zero losses by decision and if he wins, it's in dominant fashion. He hasn't won Fight of the Night a single time either so it's not like he's known for overcoming adversity.

I think he's boring because his fights feel completely meaningless and have very little unpredictability about them which is what makes MMA exciting but he is absolutely a glass cannon

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

How is that not fitting here? Blaydes has zero losses by decision and if he wins, it's in dominant fashion. He hasn't won Fight of the Night a single time either so it's not like he's known for overcoming adversity.

I think he's boring because his fights feel completely meaningless and have very little unpredictability about them which is what makes MMA exciting but he is absolutely a glass cannon

he doesn't have a bad chin or bad durability, ate knees to the face from overeem and rozenstruik and survived. Getting clipped by the biggest punchers in the sport doesn't mean he is a glass cannon, a glass cannon is someone like Dariush who gets brutally ko'd even by people without a lot of power

 

[r-harper-1]

Elbows against Overeem weren’t boring

 

[Hank Grill]

Hell do good in GFL after they cut the hw roster down to 8 dudes