I'll wait for a title shot. I don't care who it is. If it's Jon, if it's Stipe, if they bring in… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I don't think a lot of people appreciate how athletic you have to be to get takedowns. — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I think true MMA fans appreciate how difficult it is to lift up a 265-plus pound man repeatedly. — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
My hands are good, but I've been wrestling since I was 14 years old. — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I may not be the best pure wrestler in MMA but I'm the best MMA wrestler. I use my wrestling the most… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
At heavyweight? It can be a heavy jab and that could be the fight, it could be lights out. — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I enter every fight with the same exact mindset: All my focus is on my effort and output. — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I don't fight angry. I don't have any malicious intent. I just want to win. — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
When I get on top of somebody, I don't have to do all the other little checks and balances guys in other… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I'm going to consistently come at you over and over with the same aggression I had in the first round in the… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
If they give me the opportunity to fight for the belt, I feel like I'll have it for a while, unless some… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
MMA is like that. You could win four fights in a row, lose a fight, everyone says you suck. You could lose… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I'm not in this for glory. It's not what wakes me up and gets me working out in the morning. I'm here… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I've been the bad guy before, I wrestled in high school and college and when you go to other people's schools they… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I'm going to make people watch. I know people are going to watch. You may not like it. You'll probably root for… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
There's a lot of guys who don't have one-punch knockout power that have the belt. Khabib, he had the belt. Izzy, does… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
People who think the venue actually has a factor on the outcome of the fight, I don't know what to tell you… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
The more aggressive you are, the easier is it is for me to get to your hips. Even if you're more counter… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I've always respected Mark Hunt, I don't have the style, obviously, but you can't help respect a guy who's been doing it… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
Jon, he hasn't shown that one-punch knockout power. What he has shown, he is extremely creative. He'll hit you with elbows, knees,… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
Stipe's a smart fighter. He knows how to blend the wrestling with the striking. — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I have all the things you need to match up with a talent like Jon Jones. — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I have to strike before I wrestle. I have to be an MMA fighter, not a wrestler. — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
There's a lot of guys with holes in their games because they only focus on one aspect of MMA. — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
There are guys that fight for 10 or 15 years and they don't ever learn how to defend a guillotine or even… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I had a lot of holes in my game and I've patched up a lot of those holes, so I'm just a… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I'm not a black belt, but in MMA, the difference between a black belt and white belt is just a few elbows. — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
If you look at heavyweight history, it's not too often you see a fight going five full rounds. — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I could go out there like a madman and swing and punch and give people the bloody, crazy fight they want,' he… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I never understand why fans get upset that I wrestle. I feel like they should take that anger and direct it at… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share Image
I can strike if I have to, but I'm not going to play that game, this is heavyweight. If I was a bantamweight or… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share
It's not like basketball, football or rugby, where they judge you on potential. In this sport it's about 'what have you done lately' -… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share
That's one thing I love about the NFL If you can't play, they're not going to pay you. They're going to release you. They… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share
I'm not a smack talker. I have a speech impediment. So if I try to talk smack and I start stuttering, that ruins the… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share
It's always good to learn lessons, especially when you win and learn a lesson. — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share
People who think the venue actually has a factor on the outcome of the fight, I don't know what to tell you besides I… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share
When I get on top of somebody, I don't have to do all the other little checks and balances guys in other weight classes… — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share
Contrary to popular belief, a lot of us who have speech impediments are really, really intelligent. — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share
That's the beauty of my game plan: it's pretty universal, regardless of my opponent's style. — Curtis Blaydes Copy Share
