Jeff Curran BEFORE the UFC Ep 235

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Jeff Curran is an American retired professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor from 1998 to 2016, Curran fought at a number of different weight classes for a large number of promotions including Bellator, the UFC, Strikeforce, PRIDE Fighting Championships, WEC, IFL, the RFA, and KOTC. Curran is president and head instructor of Curran Martial Arts Academy (CMA),[3] and owner and promoter of Xtreme Fighting Organization.

[@secprosinc]

This was an amazing interview. What a deep Dive. Loved to see Chris.

[@williamRE]

Your podcast is a treasure for mma fans wanting more content with tons of guys that don't hit any other podcasts from mma's history. Over the months and years to come I think a lot of fans will end up finding this show and doing some binging

[@LytesOutMMAHistory]

Each subject is generally researched for minimally 12 hours Phone calls to teammates KZbin comments Message board mentions Trying to preserve history from the eyes of the person that participated Curran started pre UFC 1 Outside of the Torrance Academy, you can’t name more than a handful to have done the same

[@williamRE]

​@LytesOutMMAHistory thanks for all tge work! It doesn't go unnoticed. I've considered doing this same thing, I just never did mma so I didn't have a platform to start. It's a great service to us hard-core fans!

[@joshgage7279]

Great interview

[@Josue_Cristobal]

Awesome content. I didn’t know Curran went that far back. It’s great to see Chris back in action for this one.

[@slothmaster101]

Jeff looks like Dirty Bob

[@LytesOutMMAHistory]

Ha ha Any comparison to Dirty Bob Schrijber is a compliment in my book Two under appreciated legends

[@timmyers1643]

Jeff is a legend and these stories of the early days of fighting are so crazy to hear Lol

[@LytesOutMMAHistory]

Jeff was very young and ahead of everyone else in regards to understanding the direction of the sport. Absolute legend of the game and a true pioneer

[@GrasshopperandtheBear]

❤

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Loss 0-1 Henry Matamoros Submission Extreme Challenge 13 16-Jan-98 Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States Win 1-1 Mike Haltom Submission (armbar) Extreme Challenge 17 11-Apr-98 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States Win 2-1 Jason Chambers Submission (front choke) Chicago Challenge 4 30-May-98 Chicago, Illinois, United States Win 3-1 Larry Koneizka Submission (armbar) Chicago Challenge 5 1-Nov-98 Chicago, Illinois, United States Win 4-1 Jeff Rick Submission (rear-naked choke) HOOKnSHOOT: Trial 30-Jan-99 Evansville, Indiana, United States Win 5-1 Sam Wells Decision Freestyle Combat Challenge 1 19-Apr-99 N/A Win 6-1 Charles Barron Submission (armbar) Chicago Challenge 6 22-May-99 Chicago, Illinois, United States Loss 6-2 Phil Johns KO (punches) HOOKnSHOOT: Rising 12-Jun-99 Evansville, Indiana, United States Win 7-2 Jeremy Bolt Submission (triangle choke) ECC: Extreme Combat Challenge 17-Aug-99 Illinois, United States Loss 7-3 Phil Johns Submission (strikes) Cage Combat 4 26-Sep-99 Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States Win 8-3 Sam Wells Submission (triangle choke) Midwest Absolute Challenge 4-Dec-99 McHenry, Illinois Win 9-3 Ron Matthews Submission (triangle choke) Bangkok Brawl 20-Mar-00 Chicago, Illinois, United States Win 10-3 Tony DeDolph Decision (split) Extreme Challenge 31 24-Mar-00 Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States Win 11-3 Jamie Webb Submission (punches) Freestyle Combat Challenge 3 6-Jan-01 N/A Draw 11-3-1 Ryoji Yoshizawa Draw HOOKnSHOOT: Quake 10-Mar-01 Evansville, Indiana, United States Loss 11-4-1 Anthony Hamlett KO (elbow) HOOKnSHOOT: Kings 2 18-Nov-01 Evansville, Indiana, United States Win 12-4-1 Max Marin Submission (triangle choke) UA 1: The Genesis 27-Jan-02 Hammond, Indiana, United States Loss 12-5-1 Ivan Menjivar Decision (unanimous) UCC 10: Battle for the Belts 2002 15-Jun-02Hull, Quebec, Canada Win 13-5-1 Bao Quach Decision (majority) WEC 4 31-Aug-02 Uncasville, Connecticut, United States Win 14-5-1 Baret Yoshida KO (punch) UCC Hawaii: Eruption in Hawaii 17-Sep-02 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Win 15-5-1 Ryan Ackerman Decision (unanimous) IHC 5: Tribulation 26-Oct-02 Hammond, Indiana, United States Win 16-5-1 Todd Lally Submission (triangle choke) WFA 3: Level 3 23-Nov-02 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Loss 16-6-1 Norifumi Yamamoto Decision (unanimous) SuperBrawl 29 9-May-03 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Loss 16-7-1 Matt Serra Decision (unanimous) UFC 46 31-Jan-04 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win 17-7-1 Dan Swift Submission (triangle choke) XFO 1: The Kickoff 14-Mar-04 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, U S Win 18-7-1 Kimihito Nonaka Submission (rear-naked choke) SuperBrawl 35 16-Apr-04 Honolulu, Hawaii, US Win 19-7-1 Masahiro Oishi Technical Submission (guillotine choke) Zst 6 12-Sep-04 Tokyo, Japan Win 20-7-1 Jason Dent Decision (unanimous) Xtreme Fighting Organization 3 2-Oct-04 McHenry, Illinois, United States Win 21-7-1 David Douglas Submission (rear-naked choke) IFC: Eve Of Destruction 5-Mar-05 Salt Lake City, Utah, US Win 22-7-1 Luke Spencer Submission (rear-naked choke) SuperBrawl 40 30-Apr-05 Honolulu, Hawaii, US Win 23-7-1 Steve Kinnison Submission (rear-naked choke) XFO 6: Judgement Day 25-Jun-05 Lakemoor, Illinois, US Win 24-7-1 Antonio Carvalho Decision (majority) IHC 9: Purgatory 19-Nov-05 Hammond, Indiana, United States Win 25-7-1 Charles Bennett Submission (armbar) KOTC: Redemption on the River 17-Feb-06 Moline, Illinois, US Loss 25-8-1 Hatsu Hioki Decision (unanimous) Pride - Bushido 12 26-Aug-06 Nagoya, Japan Win 26-8-1 Wagnney Fabiano Decision (split) APEX: A Night of Champions 14-Oct-06 Gatineau, Quebec, Canada Win 27-8-1 Raphael Assunção Decision (majority) XFO 13: Operation Beatdown 11-Nov-06 Hoffman Estates, Il, US Win 28-8-1 Donny Walker Submission (rear-naked choke) KOTC: Hard Knocks 19-Jan-07 Rockford, Illinois, US Win 29-8-1 Kevin English Submission (guillotine choke) IFL: Moline 7-Apr-07 Moline, Illinois, United States Win 30-8-1 John Mahlow Decision (split) KOTC: Damage Control 26-May-07 Chicago, Illinois, United States Win 31-8-1 Stephen Ledbetter Decision (unanimous) WEC 29 5-Aug-07 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Loss 31-9-1 Urijah Faber Submission (guillotine choke) WEC 31 12-Dec-07 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Loss 31-10-1 Mike Brown Decision (unanimous) WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver 1-Jun-08 Sacramento, California, U S Loss 31-11-1 Joseph Benavidez Decision (unanimous) WEC 40 5-Apr-09 Chicago, Illinois, United States Loss 31-12-1 Takeya Mizugaki Decision (split) WEC 42 9-Aug-09 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win 32-12-1 Dustin Neace Submission (rib injury) Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers 7-Nov-09 Hoffman Estates, Il Win 33-12-1 Tomohiko Hori Decision (unanimous) XFO 34: Curran vs. Hori 5-Dec-09 Lakemoor, Illinois, US Loss 33-13-1 Bryan Goldsby Decision (unanimous) Bellator 14 15-Apr-10 Chicago, Illinois, United States Win 34-13-1 David Love Decision (unanimous) Xtreme Fighting Organization 37 4-Dec-10 Lakemoor, Illinois, US Win 35-13-1 Billy Vaughan Decision (unanimous) Xtreme Fighting Organization 39 13-May-11 Hoffman Estates, Il, US Loss 35-14-1 Scott Jorgensen Decision (unanimous) UFC 137 29-Oct-11 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Loss 35-15-1 Johnny Eduardo Decision (unanimous) UFC on Fuel TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier 15-May-12 Fairfax, VA, Win 36-15-1 Josh Killion Decision (unanimous) Extreme Challenge 227 3-May-13 Bettendorf, Iowa, United States Loss 36-16-1 Pedro Munhoz Decision (split) RFA 9: Munhoz vs. Curran 16-Aug-13 Los Angeles, California, US Loss 36-17-1 Melvin Blumer KO (backfist) RFA 24: Smith vs. Romero 6-Mar-15 Prior Lake, Minnesota, US Loss 36-18-1 Raufeon Stots Decision (unanimous) VFC 53: Curran vs. Stots 23-Nov-16 Waterloo, Iowa, US