HOUSTON – Curtis Blaydes is in the best form of his UFC career, but his path to the heavyweight title looks as uncertain as ever. His two stoppage losses to Francis Ngannou aside, Blaydes (13-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) has been dominant inside the octagon. But his most recent victory, a second-round TKO finish of former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos at UFC on ESPN+ 24, showed the world that he has fight-ending striking power to back up the dominant wrestling displayed in his previous seven UFC wins. “I think we’re always pleased with any fight that ends with a W but, like I said on the night that it happened, to do it in the way we did it, on the feet, I know it wasn’t expected,” Blaydes told MMA Junkie on Saturday ahead of UFC 247
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