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Curtis Blaydes put himself back into heavyweight title contender Saturday when he derailed the surging Jailton Almeida at UFC 299.
After a quick knockout loss to Sergei Pavlovich in his most recent outing, Blaydes (18-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) bounced back with a second-round TKO victory over Almeida (19-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC) in their featured prelim bout at Kaseya Center in Miami.
Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Blaydes beating Almeida at UFC 299. Social media to Jailton Almeida’s victory over Curtis Blaydes at UFC 299
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Kevin Iole
Almeida just tossed Blaydes down there
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) March 10, 2024
Spinnin Backfist
yea guys. Jailton is a real heavyweight. and can wrestle. what a slam #UFC299
— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) March 10, 2024
Ben Askren
Man I hate it when the @ufc scores mat returns as Takedowns. It is so dumb!
— Funky (@Benaskren) March 10, 2024
Petesy Carroll
Curtis Blaydes looks in complete disbelief that this is happening to him. Stellar grappling onslaught from Almeida in the first.
— Peter Carroll (@PetesyCarroll) March 10, 2024
Aaron Bronsteter
Almeida has taken Curtis Blaydes down more times in the first three minutes of this fight than his past 17 UFC opponents combined.
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) March 10, 2024
Chuck Mindenhall
Curtis Blaydes is in existential hell right now.
— Chuck Mindenhall (@ChuckMindenhall) March 10, 2024
Matthew Wells
If Almeida landed a single strike I’d score that a 10-8 round. #UFC299
— Matthew Wells (@MrMWells) March 10, 2024
Derek Brunson
This is gonna be a split if it goes to the cards lol ! I seen this a millions times , judges don’t like rewarding controlling without striking ð #UFC299
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) March 10, 2024
Cageside Press
R2 – Jailton overhand right lands, Curtis fires back.
OHHHHHHH CURTIS DROPS ALMEIDA!!!!
CURTIS BLAYDES WITH THE INSANE COMEBACK!!!!! SORT OF!!!!! #UFC299
— Cageside Press (@Cagesidepress) March 10, 2024
Casey O’Neill
No way lmaooooo that was insane turn of events #UFC299
— Casey Oneill (@kingcaseymma) March 10, 2024
Ryan Clark
Curtis Blaydes is a crazy man!! @ufc That was beautiful violence to watch end the fight with hammer fist.
— Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) March 10, 2024
Ben Askren
Wow that was embarrassing by Almeida! Just sat there and took the hammer fists and rolled over. Wise words from Din Thomas right before that secquence.
— Funky (@Benaskren) March 10, 2024
Aljamain Sterling
CURTISSSS!!!! Machamp got the dub!! Me and Machoke are proud! #UFC299
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) March 10, 2024
Stephen Thompson
Great patience by Blaydes in the 1st. Was able to capitalize on the fatigue of almeida to get the finish. Great work by Blaydes and the team @RazorBlaydes265 #UFC299
— “Wonderboy” Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) March 10, 2024
Corey Anderson
Find my old tweet from the Almeida vs Lewis fight… I told yall “that wrestling game plan would not work against @RazorBlaydes265!”. He got the first round, but any real hard nose wrestler can wrestle for 15 minutes pretty well. And Curtis came off the stool fresher! #UFC299
— Corey ‘Overtime’ Anderson (@CoreyA_MMA) March 10, 2024
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