Fighter profile

Curtis Blaydes

“Razor”

Heavyweight · UFC record 15-6 (1 NC) · 22 detailed UFC fights · Last fight Sat 12 Sep 2026

Wrestling HeavyControl Grappler

Fighter ratings

Ratings V2Rated

Striking (offense)84

Power68

Striking defense78

Takedown defense60

WrestlingProvisional measure88

Ratings V2 descriptive 0–100 scores (22 detailed fights; as of Sat 12 Sep 2026). Not win probabilities or rankings. Missing values stay unavailable.

Chin and Cardio · Frozen through October 17, 2026

R1 research scale

ChinEvidence: ESTABLISHED78.0

CardioEvidence: ESTABLISHED84.4

Source: R1 public_candidate_display · status: Research candidate · as of Sat 17 Oct 2026. Separate frozen research scale; fights after October 17, 2026 are not reflected.

About these ratings

Ratings are domain-specific descriptive scales. Equal point differences across different domains do not imply equal absolute skill differences.

Striking (offense) · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 striking-offense score built from recorded significant strikes landed per round, significant-strike accuracy and significant-strike differential.
Power · Ratings V2: Recorded knockdown and KO/TKO-win threat under the Ratings V2 contract (knockdowns per round, KO/TKO win rate); not literal measured punching force.
Striking defense · Ratings V2: Recorded strike avoidance (striking defense) and bounded absorption (strikes absorbed per round) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Takedown defense · Ratings V2: Recorded defense against incoming takedown attempts (takedown defense rate) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Wrestling · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 wrestling-offense score: recorded takedowns landed per round and takedown accuracy. Not ground control or complete grappling.
Chin · R1 research scale: Exposure-adjusted recorded knockdown resistance. This is not a direct biological measurement of chin, recovery, or injury resistance.
Cardio · R1 research scale: Recorded later-round striking activity and effectiveness retention. This is not a direct physiological fitness measurement.

Ratings V2 scores follow each fighter's latest recorded state; R1 research-scale scores are frozen through 17 Oct 2026. Recovery is separate metadata, not a rating. No combined rating exists.

Profile

Height: 193 cm (6'4")
Reach: 203 cm (6'8")
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 35

Last 3: L W L (most recent last)

Career statistics

Descriptive

22 detailed UFC fights · 51 rounds of recorded statistics. Exact totals from recorded UFC fights through Sat 12 Sep 2026; not opponent-adjusted and not model inputs.

Strikes landed16.3significant, per round

Strikes absorbed11.0per round

Striking differential+5.3per round

Takedown attempts2.90per round

Takedown defense35.0%of attempts stopped

Finish rate53.3%of UFC wins

Striking

Significant strikes landed per round: 16.3
Significant strikes absorbed per round: 11.0
Differential per round (landed − absorbed): +5.3
Striking accuracy: 51.2%
Striking defense (opponent strikes avoided): 55.2%
Knockdowns per round: 0.04
Target: head / body / leg: 70.8% / 11.2% / 18.0%
Position: distance / clinch / ground: 53.3% / 17.4% / 29.3%

Per-round figures divide recorded totals by rounds with statistics. Shares are of significant strikes landed.

Wrestling and grappling

Takedown attempts per round: 2.90
Takedowns landed per round: 1.37
Takedown accuracy: 47.3%
Takedown defense: 35.0%
Control time per round: 1:47
Submission attempts per round: 0.00
Reversals per round: 0.00

Attempts and landed takedowns are counted separately; accuracy is landed ÷ attempted.

Outcomes and durability

UFC record (W-L-D, NC): 15-6-0, 1 NC
Finish rate (wins by KO/TKO or submission): 53.3%
Wins by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 8 · 0 · 7
Losses by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 5 · 0 · 1
Knockdowns scored / suffered: 2 / 5
Average fight time: 9:11 (over 20 bouts)

Results as recorded by UFCStats. Fight time is elapsed time (completed rounds plus ending time) and includes draws and no-contests. These are outcomes, not biological measurements.

UFC fight history

Curtis Blaydes — most recent UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 12 Sep 2026	Waldo Cortes Acosta	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado
Sat 11 Apr 2026	Josh Hokit	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg
Sat 21 Jun 2025	Rizvan Kuniev	W	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.
Sat 27 Jul 2024	Tom Aspinall	L	KO/TKO Punch	R1 1:00	UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2
Sat 9 Mar 2024	Jailton Almeida	W	KO/TKO Punches	R2 0:36	UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2

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Curtis Blaydes — earlier UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 22 Apr 2023	Sergei Pavlovich	L	KO/TKO Punches	R1 3:08	UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes
Sat 23 Jul 2022	Tom Aspinall	W	KO/TKO	R1 0:15	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall
Sat 26 Mar 2022	Chris Daukaus	W	KO/TKO Punch	R2 0:17	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus
Sat 25 Sep 2021	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega
Sat 20 Feb 2021	Derrick Lewis	L	KO/TKO Punch	R2 1:26	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis
Sat 20 Jun 2020	Alexander Volkov	W	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov
Sat 25 Jan 2020	Junior Dos Santos	W	KO/TKO Punches	R2 1:06	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos
Sat 7 Sep 2019	Shamil Abdurakhimov	W	KO/TKO Elbow	R2 2:22	UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier
Sat 23 Mar 2019	Justin Willis	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis
Sat 24 Nov 2018	Francis Ngannou	L	KO/TKO Punch	R1 0:45	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2
Sat 9 Jun 2018	Alistair Overeem	W	KO/TKO Elbows	R3 2:56	UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
Sat 10 Feb 2018	Mark Hunt	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold
Sat 4 Nov 2017	Aleksei Oleinik	W	KO/TKO	R2 1:39	UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre
Sat 8 Jul 2017	Daniel Omielanczuk	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker
Sat 4 Feb 2017	Adam Milstead	NC	Overturned	R2 0:59	UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie
Sat 1 Oct 2016	Cody East	W	KO/TKO Elbows	R2 2:02	UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson
Sun 10 Apr 2016	Francis Ngannou	L	KO/TKO	R2 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos

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