Curtis Blaydes (19-5, 13) was born in Naperville, Illinois, U.S. on February 18, 1991. At the age of 23 years on May 31, 2014, he made his professional MMA debut against Lorenzo Hood, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On April 10, 2016, 25-year old Curtis Blaydes made his UFC debut on his 6th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. dos Santos against a 29-year old Francis Ngannou but lost the fight via TKO in the 2nd round.
Blaydes' last fight was a 3-round split decision win against Rizvan Kuniev at UFC on ABC: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. at age 34 on June 21, 2025. He is on a 1-fight winning streak.
He has fought 20 times in the UFC, and has a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 1 no-contest in the promotion.
Some of Curtis Blaydes' best fights have been against Tom Aspinall, Chris Daukaus, Jailton Almeida, Aleksei Oleinik, Shamil Abdurakhimov, Junior dos Santos and Alistair Overeem.
Blaydes has 5 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25  | Jun 21, 2025 34 years, 4 months 19-5 (13) | 33 years, 3 months 12-2-1 (8) | UFC | HW | 3 | SD | WIN |
24  | Jul 27, 2024 33 years, 5 months 18-5 (13) | 31 years, 3 months 14-3 (14) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches For UFC heavyweight title Interim |
23  | Mar 9, 2024 33 years 18-4 (13) | 32 years, 8 months 20-2 (19) | UFC | HW | 2 | KO | WIN Punches |
22  | Apr 22, 2023 32 years, 2 months 17-4 (12) | 30 years, 11 months 17-1 (14) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
21 | Jul 23, 2022 31 years, 5 months 17-3 (12) | 29 years, 3 months 12-2 (12) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Knee injury |
20  | Mar 26, 2022 31 years, 1 months 16-3 (11) | 32 years, 6 months 12-4 (11) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
19  | Sep 25, 2021 30 years, 7 months 15-3 (10) | 33 years, 6 months 12-2 (11) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
18  | Feb 20, 2021 30 years 14-3 (10) | 36 years 24-7 (20) | UFC | HW | 2 | KO | LOSS Punch |
17  | Jun 20, 2020 29 years, 4 months 14-2 (10) | 31 years, 7 months 31-7 (23) | UFC | HW | 5 | UD | WIN |
16  | Jan 25, 2020 28 years, 11 months 13-2 (10) | 35 years, 11 months 21-6 (16) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
15  | Sep 7, 2019 28 years, 6 months 12-2 (9) | 38 years 20-4 (13) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Elbow and punch |
14  | Mar 23, 2019 28 years, 1 months 11-2 (8) | 31 years, 8 months 8-1 (4) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
13  | Nov 24, 2018 27 years, 9 months 10-2 (8) | 32 years, 2 months 11-3 (11) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
12  | Jun 9, 2018 27 years, 3 months 10-1 (8) | 38 years 43-16 (38) | UFC | HW | 3 | TKO | WIN Elbows |
11  | Feb 11, 2018 26 years, 11 months 9-1 (7) | 43 years, 10 months 13-11-1 (10) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
10  | Nov 4, 2017 26 years, 8 months 8-1 (7) | 40 years, 4 months 55-10-1 (51) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage |
9  | Jul 8, 2017 26 years, 4 months 7-1 (6) | 34 years, 10 months 19-7-1 (12) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
8 | Feb 4, 2017 25 years, 11 months 6-1 (6) | Adam Milstead | UFC | HW | 2 | NC | NC Overturned |
7 | Oct 1, 2016 25 years, 7 months 6-1 (6) | Cody East | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Elbows |
6 | Apr 10, 2016 25 years, 1 months 5-1 (5) | 29 years, 7 months 6-1 (6) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | LOSS Doctor stoppage |
5 | Feb 19, 2016 25 years 5-0 (5) | Luis Cortez | HW | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
4  | Apr 10, 2015 24 years, 1 months 4-0 (4) | 25 years, 5 months 5-0 (4) | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
3 | Nov 15, 2014 23 years, 8 months 3-0 (3) | Brad Faylor | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
2 | Oct 11, 2014 23 years, 7 months 2-0 (2) | William Baptiste | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
1 | May 31, 2014 23 years, 3 months 1-0 (1) | Lorenzo Hood | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage |
