Jeff Curran was born on September 2,1977 and is an American retired professional mixed martial artist.
26 Facts About Jeff Curran
1.
2.
Jeff Curran started his path towards mixed martial arts with Karate and Tae Kwon Do when he was five years old.
3.
Jeff Curran has trained for 16 years and has fought for 5 years.
4.
Jeff Curran began Wrestling in the fourth grade and did that until his freshman year when he began Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
5.
Jeff Curran graduated from Woodstock High School in 1995.
6.
Jeff Curran says that as a teen he would box with his grandfather.
7.
Jeff Curran holds a rank of fourth-degree black belt under Pedro Sauer.
8.
Jeff Curran is known as one of the most technical instructors in the Pedro Sauer Jiu-Jitsu Association.
9.
Jeff Curran is president and head instructor of Jeff Curran Martial Arts Academy, and owner and promoter of Xtreme Fighting Organization.
10.
Jeff Curran appeared on the television series Tapout on Versus with fellow Team Jeff Curran pro fighter Matt Fiordirosa.
11.
Jeff Curran then lost a pair of unanimous decisions, first to former WEC Featherweight Champion Mike Brown and then his Bantamweight debut to Joseph Benavidez at WEC 40.
12.
Jeff Curran maintained that his ultimate goal was to return to the WEC, but was glad to still be able to fight on major cards for the time being.
13.
Jeff Curran later defeated Tomohiko Hori via unanimous decision at XFO 34.
14.
Jeff Curran went on to lose a unanimous decision to Bryan Goldsby in a non-tournament bantamweight bout at Bellator 14.
15.
Jeff Curran announced that he will be featured in a documentary entitled "This is the Fight".
16.
Jeff Curran faced David Love at XFO 37 on December 4,2010.
17.
Jeff Curran underwent surgery for the injury on New Year's Day 2011.
18.
Jeff Curran took on late replacement Billy Vaughan and won via unanimous decision.
19.
Jeff Curran's first fight back was against Scott Jorgensen, who was ranked the No 4 bantamweight in the world by MMAWeekly.
20.
Jeff Curran faced Johnny Eduardo on May 15,2012, at UFC on Fuel TV: Korean Zombie vs Poirier.
21.
Jeff Curran lost the bout via unanimous decision and was released from the promotion.
22.
However, in the days leading up to the event, Jeff Curran was forced out for personal reasons and was replaced by Dillard "Joe" Pegg.
23.
On July 20,2013, it was announced that Keoni Koch was injured and pulled from the main event of RFA 9; Jeff Curran was then set to face Pedro Munhoz at RFA 9 on August 16,2013, in the main event for the RFA Bantamweight Championship.
24.
Jeff Curran lost the bout via split decision and announced his retirement.
25.
Jeff Curran was scheduled to compete in a rematch against Urijah Faber under Combat Jiu-Jitsu rules at A1 Combat 21 on May 25,2024.
26.
Jeff Curran opened up his own gym facility in 2018, where he was coaching Felice Herrig for her comeback but was forced to close it in 2020 due to financial complications resulting from COVID-19.