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If all goes according to the UFC’s plan, the next crack at UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will go to former champion and WWE star Brock Lesnar. While a Cormier vs. Lesnar fight is almost certain to do big business, it’s caused a bit of a headache for the UFC’s top heavyweight contenders, such as Curtis Blaydes.<\/p>\n

Blaydes, like many members of the MMA community, feels that Lesnar doesn’t belong anywhere near a UFC heavyweight title shot. Lesnar, of course, hasn’t won a fight since 2010, when he choked out Shane Carwin. Though there was briefly a win over Mark Hunt on his record in 2016, that win was overturned when he tested positive for a banned substance.<\/p>\n

For Blaydes, however, that’s not even where the problems with Lesnar’s title shot end. In his opinion, Lesnar just isn’t that good. He, like the oddsmakers, expects Cormier to walk through the hulking pro wrestler. For this reason, he really doesn’t understand the appeal of the fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill Smith is very popular,” Blaydes told MMA Fighting<\/a>, offering a comparison. “You think Will Smith can go in there at 185 and get a title shot? No. Brock Lesnar, he\u2019s going to go fight for the title, go make beaucoup money, and he\u2019s going to go get knocked out.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not good. It\u2019s weird how MMA fans are, like, just fascinated by his muscles,\u201d he continued. \u201cLike, they just like to see a big guy with his physique in the Octagon. They don\u2019t believe he can win, they just like to see him in Octagon. I don\u2019t get it. Maybe they just like his tattoos, I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a title shot currently unavailable thanks to Lesnar’s return, Curtis Blaydes is working hard to get himself a fight with former champion Stipe Miocic. If he can get past Miocic, he’s hoping there will be no further denying him a fight with Cormier.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe perfect next 12 months is me getting the Stipe fight in November,\u201d Blaydes said. \u201cMe winning. DC, he fights Brock, let\u2019s say January. We give DC a few months, he\u2019ll enjoy the win, then me and DC square off. I beat DC.”<\/p>\n

Apparently, Curtis Blaydes’s plans don’t end with Daniel Cormier, either. If he’s able to capture the title from Cormier, he’d then like to defend it against Cormier’s arch enemy, former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.<\/p>\n

“One of my roommates brought this up because of the whole Brock Lesnar thing, he says maybe\u00a0Jon Jones\u00a0pops back up and then maybe me and Jon Jones square off,” he said. “Everyone is talking about the money fight \u2014 Jon Jones is the money fight. He\u2019s legit, a true warrior, a true badass. He beat a murderer\u2019s row at light heavyweight, a lot of greats in their prime. He beat DC twice handily. Allegations or not, I respect him and know that would be a hell of a fight.”<\/p>\n

What do you think of this plan from Curtis Blaydes?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 8\/10\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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