Curtis Blaydes

I can strike if I have to, but I'm not going to play that game, this is heavyweight. If I was a…

— Curtis Blaydes

It's not like basketball, football or rugby, where they judge you on potential. In this sport it's about 'what have you done…

— Curtis Blaydes

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…

— Curtis Blaydes

I'm not a smack talker. I have a speech impediment. So if I try to talk smack and I start stuttering, that…

— Curtis Blaydes

I believe in my conditioning.

— Curtis Blaydes

It's always good to learn lessons, especially when you win and learn a lesson.

— Curtis Blaydes

I've already shown that I can strike.

— Curtis Blaydes

My focus is just taking every opponent and focusing on them.

— Curtis Blaydes

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

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

I don't even view Brock as a legitimate MMA fighter.

— Curtis Blaydes

Title shot, that's the ultimate goal.

— Curtis Blaydes

Contrary to popular belief, a lot of us who have speech impediments are really, really intelligent.

— Curtis Blaydes

I know I can hang with anybody on the feet.

— Curtis Blaydes

That's the beauty of my game plan: it's pretty universal, regardless of my opponent's style.

— Curtis Blaydes

At heavyweight? It can be a heavy jab and that could be the fight, it could be lights out.

— Curtis Blaydes

It takes years to learn how to grapple.

— Curtis Blaydes

When I was home in Chicago, I didn't have a striking coach, I didn't have a jiu jitsu coach, I wasn't doing…

— Curtis Blaydes

I think true MMA fans appreciate how difficult it is to lift up a 265-plus pound man repeatedly.

— Curtis Blaydes

If you look at heavyweight history, it's not too often you see a fight going five full rounds.

— Curtis Blaydes

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

You should have one more than combo after eight years in MMA.

— Curtis Blaydes

Skill is good but if I get on top of you, I'm just heavy.

— Curtis Blaydes

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

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