Curtis Blaydes thought he beat Hokit: 'I was a little bit in shock'
Curtis Blaydes disputes the judges' scorecards in his UFC 327 loss. Blaydes (19-6 MMA, 14-6 UFC) was outlasted in a Fight of the Night war against Josh Hokit (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) on this past Saturday's main card at Kaseya Center in Miami. All three judges awarded him Round 1, and gave Hokit the final two rounds.
While the damage was visible on Blaydes' face, the perennial heavyweight contender thought he mixed things up better. "I was surprised," Blaydes told TMZ Sports . "I was expecting Herb (Dean) to pick my hand up.
I really, really was. I was a little bit in shock. I was like, 'Damn – I thought I did enough.
' I watched a lot of the clips, a lot of the excerpts, a round here, an exchange here and it looked like – yeah, it was a hell of a fight. "I won a lot of those exchanges, and he won a lot of those exchanges. It seemed split, but then you add in the wrestling.
He didn't get any of his wrestling going. I got mine going. That was really the main reason I thought I won because I knew on the strikes it was even, but then when you add the grappling, I know I won that.