Curtis Blaydes issues statement following TKO loss to Tom Aspinall at UFC 304: “I got greedy”
Curtis Blaydes has issued an announcement following his 60-second loss to Tom Aspinall in closing night’s UFC 304 co-main tournament.
Blaydes (18-5 MMA) challenged Aspinall (15-3 MMA) for the promotion’s intervening time heavyweight title within the co-headliner of Saturday night’s pay-per-observe tournament in Manchester, England. The bout served as a rematch, because the pair beforehand fought relief in July of 2022, the attach apart it become as soon as Curtis Blaydes rising victorious by TKO handiest 15 seconds into Round 1 due to a knee hurt suffered by the Brit.
‘Razor’ had entered Saturday’s bout having won four of his closing five Octagon appearances, his most old ensuing in a knockout victory over Jailton Almeida at UFC 299.
As for Tom Aspinall, the Brit become as soon as returning to flow for the first time since claiming the intervening time heavyweight title with a first-spherical knockout victory over Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295 in November of closing twelve months.
Saturday’s ‘Aspinall vs. Blaydes’ rematch did not manufacture it out of the outlet spherical. Curtis Blaydes become as soon as ready to catch off about a good punches within the early seconds of the fight, nonetheless a blitz and stiff left hand from the ‘Honey Badger’ sent ‘Razor’ crashing to the canvas on the 50-second trace. From there, Aspinall proceeded to dump some wicked ground and pound which caused the referee to step in and wave off the contest (watch that here).
Legit UFC 304 End result: Tom Aspinall def. Curtis Blaydes by approach to TKO at 1:00 of Round 1
Shortly following the conclusion of Saturday’s tournament, Blaydes took to his Instagram Reports with the following message to his followers:
“Sorry guys, I obtained grasping when I touched him early and threw out the fabulous gameplan that my coaches Vinnie Lopes and Cody Donovan came up with that might maybe’ve worked, I’m sure of it. No excuses, Tom become as soon as on level tonight. I know this isn’t the end of my gallop nonetheless dammit, I know I’m better than tonight’s performance. I worship the total make stronger if truth be told. It’s been an witness-opening abilities to contain so many other folks rocking with me.”
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