Two days before taking on Alexander Volkov at UFC on ESPN 11 in Las Vegas Curtis Blaydes promised to "ragdoll" his opponent in the main event.
He delivered on that promise en route to a dominant decision victory over Volkov to close out the card at the Apex Facility.
It took Blaydes all of about eight seconds to get Volkov to the mat the first time. Shortly after touching gloves and throwing some feeling jabs in the face of his opponent he went to work on his first takedown of the night.
While Volkov was able to work his way to the feet the moments standing were fleeting as Blaydes was able to simply dump him back on the mat and spent most of the first round on Volkov's back.