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Curtis Blaydes

Curtis Blaydes#6 HW

GRAPPLING CONTROLLER
Secondary styles
High-Pace Grinder · Pressure Wrestler · Clinch Striker
established · 21 UFC fights
20-6
Record
13 KO · 0 SUB · 7 DEC
Wins by method
WinLossWinLossWin
Recent form
35
Age
193 cm
Height
203 cm
Reach
Style DNAcurrent profile · updated 2026-10-13· fight data through 2026-09-12
STRIKING
Striking Initiative
P56
Volume
P32
Striking Efficiency
P49
Range Sniper
P18
Kickboxing
P29
Clinch Striking
P95
Defensive Striking
P31
GRAPPLING / WRESTLING
Wrestling
P98
Pressure Wrestling
P92
Top Control
P97
Submission
P3
Anti-Wrestling
P58
Grappling Defense
P24
Scrambler
P26
DAMAGE / FINISHING
Power
P60
Finisher
P43
Damage Resistance
P24
FIGHT DYNAMICS· style, not skill
Fast Starter
P74
Pace
P98
Late Fighter
P67
GLOBAL
Versatility
P76
Percentiles vs current established UFC fighters (8+ fights).
UFC Stats & Rankinglatest data · through 2026-09-12
Striking
3.99
Landed / mini
Landed / min
  • Significant strikes landed per minute of fighting.
2.77
Absorbed / mini
Absorbed / min
  • Significant strikes absorbed per minute of fighting.
51%
Accuracyi
Accuracy
  • Share of significant strikes attempted that landed.
55%
Defensei
Defense
  • Share of the opponents' significant strikes that missed.
0.15
KD / 15 mini
KD / 15 min
  • Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes of fighting.
0.37
KD absorbed / 15 mini
KD absorbed / 15 min
  • Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes of fighting.
Grappling / Wrestling
4.59
TD / 15 mini
TD / 15 min
  • Takedowns landed per 15 minutes of fighting.
10.22
TD att / 15 mini
TD att / 15 min
  • Takedowns attempted per 15 minutes of fighting.
45%
TD accuracyi
TD accuracy
  • Share of takedown attempts that landed.
35%
TD defensei
TD defense
  • Share of the opponents' takedown attempts stopped.
6:23
Control / 15 mini
Control / 15 min
  • Average control time per 15 minutes of fighting (min:sec).
0.00
Sub att / 15 mini
Sub att / 15 min
  • Submission attempts per 15 minutes of fighting.
Striking profile · share of significant strikes landed
Targets
Head72%
Body11%
Leg17%
Position
Distance55%
Clinch18%
Ground27%
Fight dynamics · volume by round · index, R1 = 100
StrikingR1100R287R3113increasing
TakedownsR1100R276R393stable
ControlR1100R286R3140increasing

Ranking evolution

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Model track record
50%
Model correct (4/8)
3/5
Fighter wins when model favored
2/3
Fighter wins when model underdog
2/3
Strategy bets won
Over the fights covered by the walk-forward test window (since 2022).
Win probability, fight by fight

Model vs market

Model Market (opening) Win Loss
Fights
2026-09-12
vs Waldo Cortes Acosta Win · DEC
Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado
40.1%
Model · pick ✗
→
2026-04-11
vs Josh Hokit Loss · DEC
UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg
70.8%
Model · pick ✗
→
2025-06-21
vs Rizvan Kuniev Win · DEC
UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.
81.9%
Model · pick ✓
→
2024-07-27
vs Tom Aspinall Loss · KO/TKO
UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2
38.1%
Model · pick ✓
→
2024-03-09
vs Jailton Almeida Win · KO/TKO
UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2
50.3%
Model · pick ✓
→
2023-04-22
vs Sergei Pavlovich Loss · KO/TKO
UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes
56.5%
Model · pick ✗
→
2022-07-23
vs Tom Aspinall Win · KO/TKO
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall
42.5%
Model · pick ✗
→
2022-03-26
vs Chris Daukaus Win · KO/TKO
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus
73.6%
Model · pick ✓
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