Curtis Blaydes shares a daring prediction for his UFC 304 interim heavyweight title struggle towards Tom Aspinall, which sees the struggle ending shortly.
Blaydes and Aspinall are set to rematch within the co-main occasion of UFC 304 for the interim heavyweight title. The 2 fought again in July of 2022 and it was Blaydes who gained in 15 seconds as Aspinall blew out his knee.
It was a disappointing consequence however the two will now rematch and Curtis Blaydes is anticipating one other fast consequence, however this time it gained’t be resulting from an damage.
Curtis Blaydes sees his #UFC304 title struggle with Tom Aspinall ending shortly
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“I see me getting a first-round knockout inside the first 25 seconds of the struggle,” Blaydes stated to James Lynch.
If Blaydes does KO Aspinall in beneath 25 seconds as he says, it might be a shocking efficiency, as Aspinall has by no means been knocked out in his profession. Blaydes, in the meantime, has but to knock anybody out in beneath a minute in his profession, however he does have 13 wins by KO/TKO.
Curtis Blaydes believes a win over Tom Aspinall additionally makes him the true heavyweight champion as he doubts Jon Jones will compete once more after he faces Stipe Miocic. With that, Blaydes believes the winner of this struggle will probably be promoted to the undisputed champ and be the true heavyweight champ.
“Yeah, he can show me incorrect, however I don’t consider Jon’s going to proceed preventing after the Stipe struggle. He’d need to show me incorrect, however as of proper now, that’s my perception,” Blaydes stated.
Blaydes is coming off a knockout win over Jailton Almeida in March at UFC 299 to earn the rematch with Aspinall. He enters his UFC 304 struggle towards Aspinall because the underdog as he’s listed at +195, which means a 33.9% likelihood of profitable the struggle. UFC 304 would be the first time Blaydes fights for UFC gold in his profession.
UFC 304 is ready to happen in Manchester, England on July 27 with the principle occasion being Leon Edwards vs. Belal Muhammad for the welterweight title.