Curtis Blaydes says he’d ‘f*ck up’ Alex Pereira

MANCHESTER, England – When a reporter at UFC 304 media day prefaced his query with the point out of “Alex Pereira’s inevitable transfer to the heavyweight division,” Curtis Blaydes didn’t hesitate to chop him off with two phrases that spoke volumes.

“Dangerous thought,” Blaydes stated.

Pereira, the previous middleweight champion and present mild heavyweight titleholder, has teased a transfer to heavyweight after two profitable defenses of his 205-pound belt this 12 months. Ought to the UFC grant Pereira’s want, it’s a matchup Blaydes would welcome with open arms.

“I do know that is what everybody desires to listen to: Sure, I might f*ck up Alex Pereira,” Blaydes stated. “Not as a result of he’s not good, (however as a result of) I’m heavier. Only a heavyweight, gravity, weight issues. It’s not his ability base. That’s simply how it’s.”

In reality, Blaydes (18-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) is so assured that he had no qualms sharing how he would method a struggle with Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC).

“Him, I’ll provide you with my premeditated plan: I’m gonna shoot instantly,” Blaydes stated. “Why would I give him any probability to knock me out on the ft after I know I can take him down at will? And I’m positive he has to know that. I feel he’s on the lookout for a selected heavyweight, not any heavyweight.”

Curtis Blaydes says it is a “unhealthy thought” for Alex Pereira to maneuver to heavyweight 😬

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First, Blaydes has enterprise to are inclined to Saturday at Co-op Reside the place he’ll meet interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall within the evening’s co-main occasion. A win there would put Blaydes on Pereira’s radar given his profession aim of creating historical past as the primary UFC fighter to say gold in three divisions.