Yawn! Curtis Blaydes unimpressed with a basic plodder like Jairzinho Rozenstruik mmamania.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mmamania.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes has a big task in front of him for his next outing, but he’s feeling as confident as ever heading into the matchup.
Blaydes was recently paired up against Surinamese knockout artist Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 266 in September. The fight will give him an opportunity to bounce back after a devastating knockout loss to Derrick Lewis halted his 4-fight winning streak in February.
Speaking to James Lynch of LowKick MMA, Blaydes said the match up was one he and his team have been anticipating for a while.
“Yeah. I knew it would be the winner of that fight,” Blaydes said of Rozenstruik’s victory over Augusto Sakai. “I was hoping it would be Jairzinho, just because he’s a bigger name, he’s higher ranked. It wasn’t like a shock. We expected it, and we’ve been planning for months and months.”
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