Curtis Blaydes details why he should’ve gotten the win over Josh Hokit at UFC 327: ‘I hate to be that guy, but I think I won’

Curtis Blaydes believes he did enough to get his hand raised at UFC 327.

Blaydes suffered a decision loss to Josh Hokit in one of the best fights this year. Although Blaydes and Hokit put on a war, ‘Razor’ does think the judges got it wrong, and he should have gotten the win.

“I hate to be that guy, I’ve never had a fight like this, but I think I won,” Blaydes said to MMA Fighting. “I think I won. I felt like I won round one. Yeah, he rocked me, he got the damage but I also rocked him equally at the end of that round and I got the takedown. Second round, he led the dance in that second round. He was getting the better of a lot of those exchanges. He was throwing combinations. I was throwing ones and twos.

Curtis Blaydes believes he did enough to win at UFC 327

“I’ll give him the second round. Third round, I give it to me also,” Blaydes added. “I think I landed and I brought just the same amount of forward aggression as he did. I feel like I landed more, especially in the clinch. I feel like the judges did not properly score the clinch exchanges. I feel like I won each of the clinch exchanges. Each one. We did those a few times. I won those. I think that was the difference.

“The kicks, I threw a few and he didn’t throw any and I did attempt to wrestle. I don’t know if you score it for him when I shoot and don’t get it or do you score for me because I’m being aggressive and yeah, I didn’t get it but I am being aggressive. I’m pushing the pace. I think I won rounds one and round three but again, I have to rewatch it and I’ll have a better idea after that.”

Curtis Blaydes believes he did more damage and controlled more of the fight, which is why he believes he should have gotten the win.

However, the judges didn’t feel like Blaydes did enough to win, and he dropped a very close decision. But, even though Blaydes lost a decision, the fight helped boost his stock and he remains one of the top heavyweights in the UFC.

So, once Blaydes heals up from his UFC 327 fight, he will look to get back into the Octagon and return to the win column.

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