Curtis
Blaydes isn’t going to dwell on his knockout loss to Derrick
Lewis at
UFC Fight Night 185.
Heavily favored heading into last Saturday’s heavyweight main
event, Blaydes was floored by a Lewis uppercut when he shot for a
takedown, and his opponent punctuated the upset victory with two
massive ground strikes 1:26 into Round 2.
Blaydes released a statement regarding the defeat Tuesday on his
Instagram stories.
“Sometimes you’re the hammer and sometimes you’re the nail,”
Blaydes wrote. “This game has a razor thin margin for error and I
just got caught, it happens. Props to Derrick. No shame in it my
head’s still held high.”
Blaydes entered the contest on a four-bout winning streak and
appeared to be closing in on a UFC heavyweight title shot. All
three of the 30-year-old Elevation Fight Team representative’s
defeats — once to Lewis and twice against Francis
Ngannou — have come via knockout. Blaydes currently has one
fight remaining on his UFC contract.