NASHVILLE – Before speaking to the media after his UFC on ESPN+ 6 victory, Curtis Blaydes kindly requested that he not be asked about all of Justin Willis’ pre-fight talk because it would make him “very emotional.”

Prior to Blaydes’ (11-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) lopsided unanimous decision victory on Saturday, Willis (8-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) talked a big game. He called his opponent boring – both in terms of fighting style and personality – and unleashed many other attacks, as well. None of it bothered Blaydes, right up until their weigh-in staredown when Willis told him “daddy can’t save you” in reference to some heckling from Blaydes’ father in the crowd.

It was at that point that Blaydes said Willis crossed a line.

“He disrespected my father,” Blaydes told reporters, including MMA Junkie, post-fight at UFC on ESPN+ 6. “I was all good until then. When he disrespected my father, I held on to that.”

After grinding out Willis with a wrestling-heavy gameplan over three rounds, Blaydes verbally rubbed salt in the wounds of his opponent, admitting he said, “a lot of disrespectful stuff I don’t want to repeat,” but appearing to have no regrets.

Although it was a rather tedious affair, Blaydes said the fight went exactly as planned.

“I knew he couldn’t stop my wrestling,” Blaydes said. “I knew that’s what I was going to do to him. I knew he couldn’t stop my wrestling. I envisioned the entire eight weeks. I knew that was going to happen.”

With the win, Blaydes has just one loss in his past eight octagon appearances. He said he wants a fight with one of two ex-champions in Junior Dos Santos (21-5 MMA, 15-4 UFC) or Stipe Miocic (18-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC), but said he doesn’t have a particular preference as to which name.

Blaydes received some negative reception from the crowd because of how the fight unfolded, but he said that’s not going to impact how he approaches future bouts. He said he’s going to keep winning until he gets the title.

“I have a daughter; I have to feed her,” Blaydes said. “I have that win bonus. I’m going to get it how I get it. … I can beat my way through the division. As long as I’m getting win bonuses, it’s fine with me.”

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