Curtis Blaydes: Jon Jones Just Loves Attention, Isn’t The Real Heavyweight Champ | The MMA Hour

Curtis Blaydes discusses his #UFC304 interim title challenge against Tom Aspinall, Ciryl Gane turning down the opportunity, why #JonJones isn’t the real heavyweight champion, why Aspinall is the most skilled heavyweight in the world, why he’s going to be a vampire for a week in Manchester, and more.
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[@jackreacher2095]

Respect to Blaydes for pushing through his speech impediment. Not an easy thing to do

[@fernandohzaparoli]

He is doing sooooo much better!

[@gavinrainey9399]

Yeah its crazy seeing him from very very early interviews, he seems to have a really amazing mindset when it comes to improvement

[@HeavyLegion96]

Keep glazing he's still not gonna rail you guys

[@georgebailey7256]

It's actually so inspiring.

[@georgebailey7256]

Imagine being one of the baddest men on the planet with something like that. His confidence is crazy cool to see.

[@JayC_x]

Blades and Aspinall are criminally under-promoted

[@alexandersmith8757]

So underpromoted dana

[@Yeshuaspupil]

That is true and they both don't have personalities to draw people in. Also in this day and age these guys have the ability to do a lot more to promote themselves. The UFC and fighters both are dropping the ball, especially in Tom's case with his style, power, and Highlight reel.

[@shaw3693]

Their problem

[@mr.brenman2132]

​@@YeshuaspupilJon's personality draws people in at the gay Bathhouse.

[@alexandersmith8757]

@@mr.brenman2132 hahahahahaha behold the sex chocolate

[@DanielJ096]

Respect to Blaydes for saying it how it is, you find a lot of fighters suck up to Jon Jones because of what he's done, If your the GOAT you dont need to remind everyone on twitter every 20 minutes

[@cs-zz7jd]

No Bones lost all GOAT recognition after failing his drug test multiple times.

[@DanielJ096]

@@cs-zz7jd Exactly my point

[@kodywalkerunfiltered]

Narcissists have to remind people how great they are constantly, and you wont ever be the greatest if you arent one. Thats why the nice guy always ends up at the bottom of the barrel.

[@DanielJ096]

@@kodywalkerunfiltered Greatness is not guarding yourself from the people, greatness is being accepted by the people. Mike Tyson.

[@IcantletyougetcIose]

@@cs-zz7jdeveryone’s on steroids

[@graymail]

Curtis is too humble. He's going to give Aspinal a fight

[@Theganjaman88]

He's getting knocked out in the 1st round 😂😂😂😂

[@HeavyLegion96]

Humble after saying Jones isn't the champion lmao dog walked Gane after taking 3 years off cope that. Keep Jones out his mouth he would absolutely maul Blaydes

[@Theganjaman88]

@@HeavyLegion96 you're ranting kid. Your boy Jon is gay and finished in ufc

[@leoonthego474]

Curtis is a gentleman respect and good luck to him.

[@MainCardMinute]

After how their first fight went it’s good to see Aspinall and Blaydes run it back

[@michaelsparks6719]

I hope that stipe beats jones just so everybody can stfu

[@trubkadefekt3645]

Highly unlikely but it would be the funniest outcome lol

[@romantorres-rm5oe]

I doubt it man

[@allahalkareem8055]

Fax bro

[@shatchett0]

I look forward to seeing Jon Jones flat on his back. Don’t care who does it.

[@willharper3364]

Same haha, I'm from the UK so I'm hoping it's Tom, but I would be just as pleased if it was Blaydes or Stipe 😅

[@andrewSUN17]

Good

[@matjam421]

You've been waiting for over a decade. I bet if you could see in your head it would just be a still loading message

[@willharper3364]

@matjam421 - If he gets beat or not his legacy is still tarnished so who cares tbh 🤣🤣

[@TheNotoriousLCB]

Curtis just spitting facts with actual logical thought process - Jon wants an easy fight with sketchy on-paper accolades, but doesn’t think it’s fair that it reflects poorly on him

[@Dan-iy2nr]

im a tom supporter but i respect curtis.. let the best man win

[@cheahhhh]

Curtis is a great dude....as an Englishman I obviously want Tom to win but it sucks it's against Curtis

[@georgebailey7256]

Blaydes honest takes are so refreshing. He continues to be a real one.

[@devadasn]

His nickname should have been “roller”

[@JBreezzBeatz]

LMAO

[@Trickiestree]

Which one?

[@clkgtr12]

​@@Trickiestreecurtis roller blaydes

[@JsHd-iy8il]

?

[@Mmafanufc12]

Blaydes is my favorite heavyweight

[@AdrenalineVideos1337]

Blaydes is slowly becoming one of my favorite fighters. very likable and well spoken

[@chryslertechnician3439]

LETS GO CURTIS

[@corwins1991]

Rooting for you blaydes

[@danielradd111]

Blaydes seems like a cool dude,wish him the best in the aspinall fight

[@slimjakeymusic6597]

He specifically said he doesn't do much media or promote himself much because of his stutter. I bet if he put himself out there more he could've potentially gotten a title shot faster!

[@user-se3eg7xx4h]

5:19 ducking... the word you're looking for is ducking

[@griggsz9649]

Dude went from getting Mohawks with designs to “f%^* getting a haircut” 😂

[@DJGIGGLEZ]

go get that title blaydes

[@quachha1363]

Look at it like this, Stipe is getting the next title shot?

[@bradearl3927]

Wish more fighters were as honest and humble as Curtis. Great guy! Best of luck!

[@jamesstanley8294]

BLADES NEEDS SOME CHAPSTICK

[@Emantis81]

You need to take off your caps lock

[@noblesiner]

Damn man. After listening to this interview, and seeing how honest and genuine Curtis blaydes...I now feel bad for rooting for Tom aspinall to beat him

[@willharper3364]

😂😂 same here, I've always liked Blaydes as well, I'm from Manchester, UK so obviously I'm a huge Tom fan, but if he even if he flat lines Blaydes part of me would be devastated.

[@MMAisTHEbestSPORT08]

​@willharper3364 Facts. I would be sad regardless of whoever wins or loses. That in mind, I am rooting for Tom, I just hope Curtis can find another path to glory.

[@Yeshuaspupil]

​@@willharper3364 ive always liked him too but he is stupid sometimes like the Sergei fight, he beat some lower level guys striking and then wants to stand with a killer to prove something or out of delusion. Then he gets hurt and keeps striking until he get knocked out, If im remembering correctly thats how It went.

[@SoyDuckHot]

Curtis, you are supposed to say you are the best heavyweight in the world.

[@michaelsparks6719]

Blaydes is the only active heavyweight n derick lewis everyone else is a once a year fighter im rooting for ya blaydes if you go in n be mean n just try to really hurt aspinall i see a finish in the 1st

[@billiemook]

King Curtis!

[@jamestrost8412]

Man this is one of those fights I wish that one of these guys didn’t have to lose. Respect to both of these dudes both class guys

[@colbymclemore7642]

It’s honestly insane they tried to give Gane the fight, he deserves nothing close to a title shot. Respect to Curtis, a good dude and one of the most likable heavyweights.

[@jonoharper4729]

I totally agree with Curtis, he is fighting for the real belt. Tom needs to promote and market himself as the real champ with the real belt....and call the Jon/Stipe belt the pensioners division belt. Simple as. Tom really needs to push himself as the undisputed, in everything he says and does....plus it gets under Jones skin, Jones can't handle it, gets riled up easy, as narcissists do.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

Can always rely on Ariel to start things with an "Are you mad at me?"

[@michaelsparks6719]

I could see curtis hanging with strickland and chris curtis be the cool trio

[@connerlake1015]

If he wasn't against Aspinall next I'd he supporting him.

[@peterbalac1915]

Cool killer, what a nice guy I'm team Aspinal but love this guy kinda hoping it's a draw, I won't be disappointed whoever wins .

[@renelvital]

Isn’t Jones giving Stipe a chance. Jones gave countless chances at the belt and remained undefeated.

[@Synthetic-Rabbit]

Just an observation but his stutter seems to be very much less active during this interview. I don't care either way but I just wanted to give props to him if he's working on it or maybe he's just more relaxed right now.

[@aidenc1998]

The fans know this is a fight for the real belt

[@mannythesmeller6994]

Curtis blaydes goat

[@Theganjaman88]

Curtis stuttering facts. We all know Tom is THE champ

[@activeunsub]

"Suprise, suprise" Curtis says that the guy he's fighting is the real HW champ. Of course that's his rational, bc if he beats Tom..ding, ding, ding. I'll bet he'll looking at it differently & singing a different tune if Tom was fighting Gane & Curtis was the guy that's going to be fighting Jon at MSG instead of Stipe. That said, well done to Curtis, on overcoming his speech impediment & doing more media nowadays.

[@georgebailey7256]

Blaydes is the most humble fighter cmv

[@matjam421]

I find it hilarious that Ariel says Lyoto and Rashad and rampage all gave Jones the opportunity and he's not returning the favor. Why is he trying to rewrite history? Jones was the champion! He gave those guys their opportunity!

[@imthedevilkys536]

I hope Curtis wins and brings the UFC to Chicago.

[@KiddPlatano]

Ariel what are you talking about?…. He literally was the champ when he fought those legends… he was giving them the shot.

[@MMAisTHEbestSPORT08]

When he fought shogun? 😂

[@KiddPlatano]

@@MMAisTHEbestSPORT08 that’s literally one, Ariel named like 5 or 6

[@cathaldowdall7467]

Didn't have to fight Jones at lhw. He had the belt . Shogun was the one who was kind enough to give him shot . Evans and rampage wanted belt off jones

[@sanatsrivastava2814]

How can you not respect Blaydes? Dude overcame so much to be a top 10 HW on the planet. He's skilled, genuine, keeps it real and calls Jones' PED legacy as a fake legacy (which it is)

[@snowwwy8760]

curtis is a real one fr i can see him being champ soon

[@HashBandit]

Curtis mic is so bad it makes this interview unlistenable

[@scrappycoco9459]

Curtis is a great guy. Not sure why some mma fans give him a hard time. I couldn’t dislike the guy if you paid me

[@zachthetruth]

hardest hitting 145er

[@georgeg6372]

big bones blaydes

[@arborthomas886]

So underrated but he has talent skills

[@Hurricanehewson]

Wish Tom had already beaten Jones and this was for the main belt. Blades seems like a good dude

[@jonathancass5444]

Ariel is the best but you wrong on jon on this my man when he was getting the legends hes was champ shogun was his only opportunity everyone else wanted the belt

[@LJ-MMA]

Jon is a has been... if he was such a goat and a current pfp number 1 Dana wouldn't have to keep tryna remind everyone on every platform hes on

[@vpmajors7245]

I Respect this

[@JMIX88]

Dude sound like hes going to let Tom win.

[@joetimmer7351]

Gotta love him

[@shaunnewbedford736]

I kno Curtis is normally a Mumbles Mouth, but i couldn't understand a freqkin thing he said And im NOT making fun of his speech impediment, didnt realized he had 1 till now. Not Hate

[@kevinharada6330]

No I’m not surprised Jon Jones is selfish

[@jbortiz98]

Blaydes could’ve been champ imo if he didn’t run into Ngannou twice. He still can be champ

[@jakeellis1821]

Bones is NOT the REAL heavyweight champ discussion OVER

[@couldntthinkofanamesoiwrot4711]

I wish aspinall would take the conor approach and straight call jones belt fake. Everyone knows tom is the REAL champ rn.

[@FFS33]

Jon Gae Jones isn’t the champ for sure , but he’s probably nr 1 p4p in the lgbt community 😂

[@poke-holo-sports]

The new champpppp. Curtis will destroy Tom Lil wimp aspinall

[@HeavyLegion96]

T-T-T- Today Junior

[@ebzsparkingticket9182]

Salute to Blades

[@alcottdevalte7440]

Fun rematch. The heavyweight division needs to move on and everyone should just be active. No need to mention all the lame drama by Dana, which is the reason MMA is turning more and more into boxing.

[@getbusyfam]

Blades lacks defense and is chinny if aspinall cant get a knock out blades wins a decision 👏

[@keiranhannifin6979]

Curtis needs to buy a microphone

[@Yeshuaspupil]

Come on bro, i know its easy to be envious and hate and Jon but Cyril is a real HW he is the former interim champ who made Francis a wrestler and took him 5 and Francis knocked you out twice in less than 3 rounds combined. I do like Curtis and hope he beats Tom.

[@shatchett0]

He gave up in that fight against Jones. He’s nothing.

[@ryanodonnell455]

you cant possibly watch that fight and think the only reason cyril lost is because Jon is that much better then him. Is a main stay of your diet crayons?

[@danielmma1875]

Francis beat Cyril on a knee that needed surgery and made Francis look like an Olympic caliber wrestler lol 😂. But Cyril is a good fighter. No doubt

[@Yeshuaspupil]

​@@ryanodonnell455 lol just a snack at times. But I didnt say that at all I just said he has fought a real HW who pushed the former champion.

[@Yeshuaspupil]

​@@danielmma1875 I didnt say that either my friend though you are correct that francis was injured Cyril has been at the top of the division for years now. Im just saying that he did fight a real HW who has accomplished more than most in the division.

[@STKPYL]

When Jon was young the legends weren’t “giving him fights.” Jon was the champion. They had to go through him to get the belt.

[@thebobjaychowdown9847]

How about you say you’re the best not Tom. You want to beat him, right? And no one but shogun have jon jones a fight, michida, rampage, Rashad were challenging for Jon’s belt.

[@KBWarrioR2018]

Ayyyy razor!!!

[@yad2917]

Aspinall MIGHT be under-promoted. A case can certainly be made for that. However, this dude, Blades, is not. He's a boring fighter that no body wants to watch. He's also been given opportunities but always came up short.

[@drewshadler2254]

hes gunna beat aspinal and all of you gunna be so sad lmfao

[@suprvetatl]

Lost all respect for Curtis. I was a fan until this interview. He’s tripping if he thinks he has a slight chance beating Jon Jones. He’s jealous he can move faster than the rest of the heavyweights

[@robertwilliams5618]

Hed obliterate Jones.

[@thewritermichaelis200]

Based.

[@unforgiven8464]

I somhow think BLAYDES is the only one who can beat Jones.....but Jon Jones and the UFC are ducking the fvck out of Him, sad.

[@majapashit666]

Jon jones is a lonely bitter heavyweight champ

[@HGB1532]

No one gave Jone a shot.. what is Ariel talking about. He earned his title shot and fought all the most of the HOFers after he had the title. He gave them a shot

[@thomasdonnelly4770]

Regardless of who was the champ what Ariel is trying to get across is that back in the day Jon was the younger guy fighting older fighters. Make of it what you will.

[@HGB1532]

@@thomasdonnelly4770 The context matters for it to be valid… Jon was the champ and they didn’t give him a shot or opportunity

[@zStC1]

​@@HGB1532 Jones is 6 foot 4 and fought a bunch of 5 8 to 5 11 guys his entire career minus ciryl gane. Stop.

[@HGB1532]

@@zStC1 Bonnar- 6’3 O’ Brien - 6’3 Hamill- 6’2 Vera- 6’3 Bader-6’2 Rua- 6’1 Q Jackson - 6’1 Sonnen - 6’1 Gus - 6’4 Glover - 6’2 OSP - 6’3 I’ll stop here in 2016. You’re a liar and won’t have the balls to admit you’re wrong

[@HGB1532]

@@zStC1 Screw it A Smith - 6’4 Thiago - 6’2 Reyes- 6’4 Gane- 6’4

[@Theganjaman88]

Jon loves attention from men

[@kadedone]

Hmmmm...

[@emmanuelperez541]

The real life Shrek 😅

[@pheleekseh1391]

This guy always looking homeless

[@nycmaverick]

Blades is absolutely wrong. Jon fought the #1 contender Gane. No IQ Blaydes spitting riddles. Dude you lost to Derrick F-ing Lewis

[@malik_w]

No, he's really not. Gane got out wrestled by Francis..... You diminishing Derrick Lewis actually proves his point. Gane beat Lewis to become champ. Derrick Lewis is an elite level fighter now?

[@crazypato3752]

​@@malik_wFrancis lowkey outboxed Tyson Fckng Fury stop making it seem like getting out wrestled by Ngannou is something terrible after all Ngannou out wrestled Stipe in their rematch and is one hell of an MMA fighter

[@crazypato3752]

​@@malik_wI like Blaydes but kets compare: Gane outclassed Lewis without getting touch Blaydes got finished. Gane went to a close fight with Ngannou, Blaydes got finished twice

[@jass2375]

@@crazypato3752 Lol, Ngannou got destroyed by joshua. fury didn't take the fight seriously, just compare fury that fought usyk (the guy who beat joshua twice) to the one that fought ngannou. Ngannou is also not a great wrestler skill wise, he has really good strength. stipe was old in ngannou rematch and came in light that's why he 'outwrestled' him. Its not even a debate there is a reason jones is ducking Aspinall he knows a well rounded fighter that is not washed at heavy weights beats him.

[@crazypato3752]

@@jass2375 Ngannou was locked in against Fury while overconfident against Joshua don't get it twitsted

[@MelCowart-xu8xr]

Blades feels he was inches away from knocking Tom out prior to his injury, so he's definitely confident going into this scrap!!

[@alpe6228]

Curtis is 100% right.Jones is looking for an easy fight against old man stipe and he is ducking Tom because he knows he would get beat up worst than he did against Reyes for 3 rounds(was gifted the win but w/e).

[@anthonylee8809]

Curtis prob have better chance beating jones than aspinal.

[@andrewekern3575]

Y’all can hate on jones but he will beat tom. Jones is much better on the ground and aspinall likes to ko people with zero head movement. That fight w sergei was a toss up. Jones will keep distance, tire him out, and sub him in the 4th round. Then there will be a new mythical fighter that’s gonna be the one to beat jones as if jones hasn’t been proving all of them wrong for years. Same thing happened with gane and suddenly he lost, now everyone says he sucks

[@dogmanjay854G]

Jon Jones will beat him so easy

[@SonGokuuuuuuu]

Curtis has been yapping about Jones for years. All respect to him but he couldn’t dream of beating a guy like Jones. Get him out of your head bro

[@Yeshuaspupil]

Im a Jon fan and have been for a long time but the way he looked his last couple LHW fights I could see Curtis and Tom both beating him. I hope not I hope he fights Stipe and calls it a career with gold in hand still on top.

[@alexandersmith8757]

Jon isnt a heavy puncher weak of blaydes.

[@tristan583]

@@Yeshuaspupilyou’re slow

[@Yeshuaspupil]

​​@@tristan583 lol I can only work with what I got brother.

[@Yeshuaspupil]

​@@alexandersmith8757 I think he struggles against Curtis because he lacks power in his hands and idk if he can get and keep him down. If he can't Curtis can catch him and finish him i believe.

[@First1ToComment]

First🎉🎉🎉

[@joey_ricciardi117]

Blades is delusional about Jon Jones.

[@duncandisorderly6562]

He fought for the title and won so yeah he is the champ 🤦‍♂️ sausage

[@andrewSUN17]

Watch him beat th Fk out of Aspinal and then all the whiners, will have to switch it up about BONES again Lol!!!

[@jaysam9117]

Lol Jon Jones is levels ahead of these guys

[@hyperactive99999]

jone is all hype he didn't even fight a proper heavyweight & even ducked ngannou for over 3 years & now his taking on a 42 year old his a big joke