volkov looked better in defeat than Blaydes in Victory

[joey gerbils]

He landed the harder shots and looked like if the fight kept going he'd eventually win because Curtis wasn't doing damage and just gassing out. He was going to continue to eat uppercuts and knees going for takedowns if it went to round 6 7 8

Volkov would have gotten a TKO with more time....

 

[OmegaRugal]

Similar to Diaz vs GSP

Unfortunately there is no 6th or 7th round.

 

[Fight Professor]

Volkov is the HW Gus.

 

[avenong]

Volkov got dominated for 25 minutes straight he didn't look good at all

 

[Kos Fan]

It was a dominate performance by Blaydes regardless if it was boring.

 

[AllAmericanNightmare]

Too bad theres no such thing as a 6th round eh

 

[Josh Beasley]

Volkov won 4 and 5. If he just could have stayed on his feet those last two minutes of the fight, he would have gotten the KO.

 

[Fahcough]

Curtis killed all buzz for this fight in his prefight interview. A-Y gameplan is wrestle, Z is striking.

Hopefully he's on the Rosholt contract

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Blaydes def looked like he was going to fall asleep and pass away during that post fight interview

 

[HatKick]

They made each other look bad

 

[yougetKTFO]

Volkov got dominated for 25 minutes straight he didn't look good at all

You must've fell asleep after 20 mins

 

[joey gerbils]

Volkov got dominated for 25 minutes straight he didn't look good at all

It wasn't 25 mins straight

Volkov busted blades up good and got a takedown towards the end of the 4th and the 5th round was close and blades literally layed on him in the 5th it looked like he was asleep im not kidding and was just eating volkovs elbows and punches from the bottom

 

[ViD]

Volkov got dominated for 25 minutes straight he didn't look good at all

Try 15 maybe

 

[bigmacbub]

Volkov won 4 and 5. If he just could have stayed on his feet those last two minutes of the fight, he would have gotten the KO.

Volkov would have won if he didn't lose...

 

[Chael_Sonnen]

Yeah I agree. I think Volkov is a future champ. His cardio is fucking illegal, I thought Blaydes would easily have the better cardio.

 

[DivineMind]

Volkov got dominated for 25 minutes straight he didn't look good at all

It was a dominate performance by Blaydes regardless if it was boring.

Other than securing TDs, how exactly was this dominant?

Blaydes held him in place, but did nothing with it. Didn't try for subs, hardly landed any strikes other than a few GnP elbows early in the match, almost got KO'd by a kick going in for a TD.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Volkov took a nap for 5 rounds while Curtis napped on top of him.

Fans are probably asking why Herb Dean didn't stand them up more.. well its because Herb Dean was sleeping too

 

[Tyrannosaurus rex]

No, Volkov didn't look good at all. Couldn't stop the takedowns, did barely anything from the bottom and didn't do much on the feet either due to being on his back 90% of the fight.

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

Maybe...

But they both looked pretty bad.

 

[kingmob6]

Well Volkov showed that he has character, was patient most of the fight, has good conditioning for a HW, but when you spend 20+ minutes on the canvas against a superior grappler, hard to do anything worthwhile. They don't give you silver medals in mma, so this won't cut it. He needs to work on his grappling to have a shot later in his career.

I've never been impressed by Blaydes, when he meets a superior athlete or another top level fighter, he is going out.