Overview
- Orolbai defeated Curtis by unanimous decision with three 30-27 scorecards in the featured prelim at the UFC Apex.
- He landed 19 takedowns, reported as the most in a UFC welterweight fight and the third-most in any UFC bout, while logging over 12 minutes of control and 83 total strikes.
- The victory extends Orolbai’s winning run to three and improves his mark to 3-0 at welterweight and 5-1 in the UFC.
- Afterward, Orolbai asked for a top-15 opponent and stated he intends to chase the UFC single-fight takedown record.
- Curtis called it “a sh*t night and a sh*t fight” on social media and has dropped three of his past four; elsewhere on the card, Vitor Petrino, Elijah Smith, Manoel Sousa, and Beatriz Mesquita won, and Eryk Anders announced his retirement.