Ciryl Gane vs Curtis Blaydes — fantasy matchup

If they fought

A statistical read on a fight that does not exist — no market, no booking, nothing to grade it against.

Ciryl Gane 69% Curtis Blaydes 31%

Run as an unbooked fight, the numbers favour Ciryl Gane at 69% — a clear lean.

Our two reads agree, and closely. Both land on Ciryl Gane — 69% on the first, 65% on the second, 4 points apart.

The same read puts the chance it goes the full distance at 43%.

KO/TKO

61%

Submission

Decision

30%

These figures come from the same statistical reads we run on real cards, with the betting market removed — there is no market on a fight nobody has booked. Nothing here is timestamped against a result, nothing here is graded, and none of it counts towards our public record. It is a thought experiment with real numbers behind it.

Tale of the tape

Ciryl Gane vs Curtis Blaydes — the facts, side by side. ▲ marks the reach edge.

UFC 11-2 (1 draw/NC)	UFC record	UFC 15-6 (1 draw/NC)
14-2	Pro record	20-6
Bon Gamin	Nickname	Razor
6' 4"	Height	6' 4"
81"▲	Reach	80"
Orthodox	Stance	Orthodox
36	Age	35
247 lbs.	Weight	265 lbs.
France	Nationality	United States
Paris	Hometown	Naperville, Illinois
MMA Factory	Fighting out of	Elevation Fight Team

Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

Stat-by-stat

Ciryl Gane (left) vs Curtis Blaydes (right) — career striking & grappling rates. The fighter ahead on each row is highlighted in their corner colour.

Strikes landed / min

5.4

4.18

Striking accuracy

61%

52%

Strikes absorbed / min

2.31

2.76

Striking defence

60%

53%

Takedowns / 15 min

0.66

5.12

Takedown accuracy

23%

47%

Takedown defence

47%

35%

Sub attempts / 15 min

0.6

Career averages from public UFC statistics. On “strikes absorbed / min”, fewer is better.

Fights that have happened between them

None.

Ciryl Gane and Curtis Blaydes have never met in the UFC.

Every matchup on this page is a pairing that has never happened. That is how they are chosen: if these two had already met in the Octagon, there would be a real result to read instead, and this page would not exist.

The real fighters

Everything above is hypothetical. These are not.

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Ciryl Gane vs Curtis BlaydesFantasy matchup — not a booked fight

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