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Curtis Blaydes was put under fire by UFC President Dana White recently following his win over Alexander Volkov. His style has been described as "boring" due to his heavy use of grappling.
It was how he comfortably coasted his way to a decision victory over the Russian recently. Curtis Blaydes has proven to be one of the biggest threats in the Heavyweight division, with just one man being his biggest obstacle so far - Francis Ngannou.
When appearing on The Luke Thomas Show, (H/T BJPENN), Curtis Blaydes revealed three reasons why the UFC President Dana White isn't a fan of his:
“He doesn’t like me for two, actually, three reasons. A, I speak my mind, he doesn’t like that. B, my style, what I bring to the Octagon. I’m grappling heavy. And C, because yeah I do believe I don’t get paid what I’m worth and I speak on that. So he’s just using this to try to make me feel bad I guess, so I won’t speak out again, but it’s not going to work,” Blaydes said.
Curtis Blaydes on UFC's Reebok deal
He slammed the Reebok deal that the UFC signed and stated that Dana White knows that it makes fighters lesser money. He said that since he signed with the UFC a year after the Reebok deal, he never got to reap the benefits of it. He even said that fighters would make as much as $100,000 from their sponsors.
Curtis Blaydes said that the only way the fighters can get what they want is a union, but he isn't sure how that's going to happen. Curtis Razor Blaydes hasn't lost since late 2018 when he was knocked out by Francis Ngannou in their rematch.
Since then, he's gone on a 4-fight win streak including a big finish over former Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos. He's #3 in the Heavyweight rankings and is unlikely to get a crack at the title until Francis Ngannou challenges for the title next.
If Ngannou wins the title in his second attempt, then Curtis Blaydes will have to wait a while longer.
