A biography for Curtis Blaydeshasn’t been written yet.
“I'm always going to be the better wrestler and that's always going to be my advantage and it's always going to be the best path to victory for me, so I'm going to be looking to use my wrestling.”
“My hands are good, but I've been wrestling since I was 14 years old.”
“I believe in my coaches.”
“You should have one more than combo after eight years in MMA.”
“People who think the venue actually has a factor on the outcome of the fight, I don't know what to tell you besides I think you're wrong. I don't think it matters at all. It's who's going to be able to implement their game plan first and most effectively, and that doesn't have anything to do with the venue to me.”
“If they give me the opportunity to fight for the belt, I feel like I'll have it for a while, unless some new heavyweight comes in with Olympic-level wrestling or is just as fast as me, just as big as me. I just don't see it happening.”
“I'm always looking to shoot, always. Once your hands go up, I'm looking to get to your hips, and what makes that scarier is that you know I'm going to pull the trigger, but you don't know when. I disguise it but I use it a lot.”
“Focus on the things you can focus on, regardless of what you're doing. Like if you have a normal job, if you're an athlete, don't worry about the weather. You can't control the weather. Don't worry about this, this, this. Focus on what you can control.”
“I've always been the big guy.”
“I'll wait for a title shot. I don't care who it is. If it's Jon, if it's Stipe, if they bring in Brock Lesnar, I'll wait.”
“The more aggressive you are, the easier is it is for me to get to your hips. Even if you're more counter oriented like Junior dos Santos was, as long as I've got you on your back heel, I'm winning the fight and eventually either the takedown or the strikes will open up.”
“I can strike if I have to, but I'm not going to play that game, this is heavyweight. If I was a bantamweight or a lightweight or a welterweight, I'd play that game, because you can eat five, six heavy punches and the risk isn't the same.”
“The longer I wait for a title shot, the more my skills grow.”
“I have all the things you need to match up with a talent like Jon Jones.”
“That's one thing I love about the NFL If you can't play, they're not going to pay you. They're going to release you. They love doing that.”
“That's the beauty of my game plan: it's pretty universal, regardless of my opponent's style.”
“I could go out there like a madman and swing and punch and give people the bloody, crazy fight they want,' he said. 'But that's not the best way for me to fight given my skills.”
“I have to strike before I wrestle. I have to be an MMA fighter, not a wrestler.”
“Title shot, that's the ultimate.”
“It takes years to learn how to grapple.”