Curtis Blaydes already has fought one of the UFC’s rising heavyweight stars. The way he looks at it, what’s the point of fighting the bigger names if the pay is still the same? Blaydes (6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) may be a “prospect” in the standard definition of the term. On Saturday, the heavyweight meets Daniel Omielanczuk (19-7-1 MMA, 4-4 UFC) on the UFC 213 main card on pay-per-view at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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Curtis Blaydes not worried about prospect label ahead of UFC 213 – MMA Junkie