Curtis Blaydes, is he really boring?

[FreddieRoachsVoice]

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

I do not think you understand what a glass cannon is. Dariush is hardly some dominator so he's got the glass but none of the cannon. Blaydes is extremely dominant when he wins but gets absolutely folded when he loses. That is a glass cannon.

You can have a bad chin and not get caught in a fight but when 100% of your losses are by stoppage, you do not have a good chin. Andrei Arlovski survived shots from Rumble, Sylvia, Rothwell, etc would you say he has a good chin too?

 

[Deleted member 110072]

He has provided some good knockouts, both giving and receiving

He has a certain flakey side to him, has power himself but there is always the sense he may walk into something, generally he never looks entirely comfortable striking to me.

 

[RockyLockridge]

No he's not boring definitely watchable

 

[RockyLockridge]

I do not think you understand what a glass cannon is. Dariush is hardly some dominator so he's got the glass but none of the cannon. Blaydes is extremely dominant when he wins but gets absolutely folded when he loses. That is a glass cannon.

You can have a bad chin and not get caught in a fight but when 100% of your losses are by stoppage, you do not have a good chin. Andrei Arlovski survived shots from Rumble, Sylvia, Rothwell, etc would you say he has a good chin too?

A glass cannon is a good hammer and a bad nail.

Overreem, Lombard, Lesnar.... I'd say blaydes qualifies. More than dariush anyway. Dariush has displayed being a good nail several times

 

[lerobshow]

Nothing against him, but yeah, he’s just really bland. No personality whatsoever, and while his fighting style is effective, it’s boring as hell for a casual fan.

Let’s just say he doesn’t make it easy to get excited for his fights.

 

[NoSmilez]

He is ugly so people overlook him.

 

[lerobshow]

He has a certain flakey side to him, has power himself but there is always the sense he may walk into something, generally he never looks entirely comfortable striking to me.

Thats his fight IQ. Blayde gotta have one of the worst fight IQ ive seen at that level.

What was that against Aspinall?

 

[pooknicca]

He hasn't won Fight of the Night a single time either so it's not like he's known for overcoming adversity.

I wouldn’t say that’s an indicator that he hasn’t overcome adversity. He got hurt pretty badly in the Mark Hunt fight and gutted through it to get a dominant win. He also ate a hard knee from Rozenstruik and continued to control the fight.