Heavyweights Curtis Blaydes and Justin Willis fought last night (Sat., March 23, 2019) at UFC on ESPN+ 6 in Nashville, Tenn., and while it wasn’t a barnburner by any definition it was a dominant victory for Blaydes. The 28-year-old NJCAA National Championship wrestler took down Willis down and completely neutralized him, with judges awarding him the decision by 30-27, 30-26, and 30-25 scores.
As if those 10-8 rounds weren’t bad enough, Blaydes took the opportunity on the mic after his win to insult Willis further.
Curtis Blaydes taking a post-fight potshot at Justin 'Big Pretty' Willis. "Big Titty, go home!" #MMA #UFCNashville pic.twitter.com/Jp8xoP0Zv3
— Ryan Harkness (@Ryan_Harkness) March 24, 2019
”It feels so good to shut him up,” Blaydes told Daniel Cormier. “Big Titty, go home! Go home, work on your wrestling! Go home!”
During the post-fight media scrums, Blaydes revealed the comment stemmed from an incident during the weigh-ins where Willis brought Curtis’ father into the trash talk.
“He disrespected my father,” Blaydes said. “I was all good until then. When he disrespected my father, I held on to that.”
Now Justin Willis is responding to his loss and that cheap shot in a statement on his Instagram.
”Learn, Grow, Conquer. I will be back greater!” Willis wrote. “Great fight @razorblaydes265. Thanks for showing your true colors, I understand you but anywho we shall undoubtedly see each other again soon, enjoy. Until then I will get back to work. The rest of the division is in trouble and to all my haters enjoy it while it last. God bless.”
Willis may indeed be back and better than ever after this embarrassing loss. He trains at American Kickboxing Academy (AKA), home of great mixed martial arts (MMA) wrestlers like Cain Velasquez and Daniel Cormier. Which explains why “DC” didn’t look thrilled with Curtis Blaydes and his new nickname for “Big Pretty” after the fight.
*Update* Reader Andrew Procyk contacted us to point out Blaydes didn’t invent ‘Big Titty’ as an insult. That honor seems to go to Tai Tuivasa, who coined the term after Justin Willis got into another weigh-in fracas with Tuivasa teammate Mark Hunt.
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