Curtis Blaydes
“Razor”
Curtis Blaydes is ranked 14th of 235 heavyweights by the First Light Rating, and 5th in the UFC’s own heavyweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,01114th of 235 · Heavyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.10Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.08 in 30 days - Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 2,091, 23 Jul 2022
- Record
- 20–6Pro, 1 NC
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Sept 2026 | Won vs Waldo Cortes-AcostaUFC Fight Night 288 - Noche UFC 4 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +24 |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Lost to Josh HokitUFC 327 - Prochazka vs. Ulberg · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −27 |
| 21 Jun 2025 | Won vs Rizvan KunievUFC on ABC 8 - Hill vs. Rountree · Decision (Split), R3 | −7 |
| 27 Jul 2024 | Lost to Tom Aspinall TitleUFC 304 - Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · KO (Punches), R1 | −27 |
| 9 Mar 2024 | Won vs Jailton AlmeidaUFC 299 - O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · KO (Punches), R2 | −8 |
| 22 Apr 2023 | Lost to Sergei PavlovichUFC Fight Night 222 - Pavlovich vs. Blaydes · TKO (Punches), R1 | −34 |
| 23 Jul 2022 | Won vs Tom AspinallUFC Fight Night 208 - Blaydes vs. Aspinall · TKO (Knee Injury), R1 | +2 |
| 26 Mar 2022 | Won vs Chris DaukausUFC on ESPN 33 - Blaydes vs. Daukaus · TKO (Punches), R2 | +7 |
| 25 Sept 2021 | Won vs Jairzinho RozenstruikUFC 266 - Volkanovski vs. Ortega · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +22 |
| 20 Feb 2021 | Lost to Derrick LewisUFC Fight Night 185 - Blaydes vs. Lewis · KO (Punch), R2 | −9 |
| 20 Jun 2020 | Won vs Alexander VolkovUFC on ESPN 11 - Blaydes vs. Volkov · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +16 |
| 25 Jan 2020 | Won vs Junior dos SantosUFC Fight Night 166 - Blaydes vs. dos Santos · TKO (Punches), R2 | +34 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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