The Cage Index@TheCageIndex

CI 100 • September 14, 2026

#85

Curtis Blaydes

Heavyweight

CAGE INDEX RATING72.26CIR v2.8

This page reports Curtis Blaydes’s published Cage Index standing for the current snapshot. CIR is a model rating of recorded UFC results, not a fight prediction or an official UFC ranking.

Curtis Blaydes

Ranking résumé

THE NUMBER IN CONTEXT

Current standing, division position and historical highs from the same CIR v2.8 archive used by the Historical Calculator.

Current P4P#85CIR 72.26
Division rank#9Heavyweight • 43 qualified
Peak CIR85.95Jun 21, 2020
Career-best P4P#12Jul 24, 2022
CI 100 event weeks348Qualified event-week snapshots
Top-10 event weeks0Qualified event-week snapshots
Gap above0.10 CIR to #84 Paulo Costa
Gap below0.02 CIR over #86 Luana Santos

Latest event impact

WHY THEY MOVED

Noche UFC: Silva vs Delgado • Sep 13, 2026Rose 112 places to #85CIR 62.55 → 72.26 (+9.71)

Recorded result: Curtis Blaydes wins · Unanimous decision · R3 5:00. Across the Sep 11, 2026 → Sep 13, 2026 recalculation, CIR moved 62.55 → 72.26 (+9.71). Rank movement also reflects simultaneous changes elsewhere in the qualified field.

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Card movement uses CIR v2.8 snapshots at 2026-09-11 and 2026-09-13. A rank can change because the fighter changes, other fighters change, eligibility changes, or evidence ages with time.

Historical CIR

CAREER RATING TIMELINE

Every qualified historical snapshot in the CIR v2.8 archive, from Oct 2, 2016 through Sep 14, 2026.

9079685645Peak CIR 85.95 on Jun 21, 2020Latest CIR 72.26 on Sep 14, 2026201620212026
Peak: 85.95 • Jun 21, 2020Best rank: #12 • Jul 24, 2022Current: 72.26 • #85

This chart is descriptive historical output, not a prediction. Inactivity can lower CIR through time decay even without a new loss.

How to read this number

Opponent-relative fight evidence drives ability; reliability changes the weight of that evidence; recency ages it; and bounded, division-specific championship support combines with ability. Those context displays are not separate additive bonuses.

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