"This fight is not going to happen. I've asked for a fight to be made in the past, but he missed that bus. If my next opponent won't be Aspinall, then we'll have more details to sort out. Right now I'm not making any concrete decisions because I don't know what's going on," Cageside quoted Blades as saying.
At UFC 299, which took place on March 10, Blades knocked out Jailton Almeida. Afterward, he stated that he would like a rematch with Tom Aspinall. Tom later confirmed his willingness to fight Curtis a second time.