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Curtis Blaydes calls for UFC heavyweight title eliminator bout, ‘I deserve it’

Curtis Blaydes won his UFC London headliner in just 15 seconds on Friday night. However, it wasn’t how he would have expected or wanted. Blaydes was the beneficiary of a TKO win after his opponent, Tom Aspinall, injured his knee after throwing a leg kick.

Blaydes was on The MMA Hour yesterday. There he told Ariel Helwani that he was befuddled and bummed with how the fight ended. However, he said he wasn’t looking to run it back.

“I’m not risking my ranking [for an immediate rematch],” he said. “I won the fight.