“I just don’t believe the hype”- Curtis Blaydes provides his assessment of Tom Aspinall after fighting him for 15 seconds at UFC London
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Tom Aspinall- Curtis Blaydes
Tom Aspinall has become the latest victim of a UFC main event ending in the most anti-climatic manner. His fight against Curtis Blaydes saw exactly two combined exchanges that ended with Aspinall on the canvas writhing in pain.
Of particular note was that this was the second main event in arow to be derailed by an injury, a similar occurrence taking place last week during the fight between Yair Rodriguez and Brian Ortega. Unlike Ortega, who popped his shoulder trying to escape a submission attempt, Aspinall had his knee shattered off what seemed to be a routine leg kick.
Even though their fight met an unfortunate ending, these two athletes had nothing but respect for each other, they shared a chilled beer after the event was over, and they vowed to face each other in the near future.
“I felt like I was bigger” – Curtis Blaydes claims he would’ve beaten Tom Aspinall anyways
Curtis talked about Aspinall while talking to the reporter at UFC London, and he believes he is not that hard to read, he said, “Everyone was hyping up his speed. He’s not as fast as you guys make it seem to be. I know it was only 15 seconds, but every exchange, he got touched. In a lot of his highlights, when he’s sparking these guys, it’s because they’re stagnant.”
He added, “They don’t move their feet, which is what I do. So I just don’t believe the hype. I don’t think he’s as fast as everyone thought he was. Obviously, he’s also not as big as everyone made him out to be. I felt like I was bigger, more athletic, more explosive, and obviously, I think my bones are stronger because he landed the kick on me and he ended up getting injured.”
“So I don’t know. It’s a weird night. Really hard to come up with witty answers with a win like that. It’s hard to be hyped up about it,” Blaydes concluded.
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