Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos PORTLAND, Ore. – Curtis Blaydes got a big wake-up call in his first trip to the UFC octagon, suffering a doctor stoppage loss against Francis Ngannou. At Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 96, Blaydes got his career back on track with a violent, elbow-filled TKO of Cody East. The heavyweight clash with East (12-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) was part of the UFC Fight Pass preliminary card ahead of additional prelims on FS2 and a main card on FS1 at Moda Center in Portland, Ore. Blaydes’ (6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) loss to Ngannou was not only an unsuccessful octagon debut, it was also the first defeat of his professional career.
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No longer ‘winging it,’ UFC Fight Night 96 winner Curtis Blaydes is a new man – MMA Junkie