Pat Curran (born August 31, 1987) is a retired American

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, and a former two-time Bellator Featherweight World Champion. He is the cousin of

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veteran

Jeff Curran Jeffrey Michael Curran (born September 2, 1977) is an American retired professional mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 1998, Curran has fought at a number of different weight classes for a large number of ...

and fought primarily with Xtreme Fighting Organization (XFO) before signing with

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, where he is the winner of Bellator Season Two Lightweight Tournament and the Bellator 2011 Summer Series. From July 2011 till April 2014 and January 2018 till July 2018, Curran was ranked in the top #10 Featherweights in the world by

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, rising to as high as #2 from July 2012 till April 2013.

Background

Curran went to

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where he was a standout wrestler.

Mixed martial arts career

Curran spent much of his youth crafting his skills on the playground with boxing gloves. Curran was a Florida High School

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stand-out who went on to study

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with his cousin

at the young age of 17. It was during this summer of training that Curran decided to pursue mixed martial arts as a career. Curran made his debut in 2008, against

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, a future King of the Cage Lightweight Champion. Curran won the bout. Curran had his second professional bout against Lazar Stojadinovic, who previously had a dominating performance over Curran's teammate

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. The bout was featured on the Tapout reality series on the Versus Channel, giving Curran his first mainstream performance.

TapouT

Curran was featured on the Tapout reality series on the TV channel

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. Curran trains under his cousin, former WEC Featherweight title challenger Jeff Curran at his gym in

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. On the show, between training sessions, Pat got his first tattoo and he, Jeff and the crew did an autograph session at a Chicago clothing store. At the official weigh-in, Pat gets his first look at his opponent, Lazar Stojadinovic. Lazar has fought another of Jeff's students, so Pat reviews footage of that fight. The fighters were scheduled to meet at XFO 23 in Crystal Lake. Pat went on to dominate much of the first round with his grappling and ground and pound. He similarly dominated rounds two and three and won a unanimous decision from the judges.

Post-TapouT

Curran returned to the XFO for his third professional fight, where he defeated Amir Khillah by Decision (Split). His next two fights took place outside of the XFO banner, where he went 1-1 (the loss coming at the hands of

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competitor

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), before returning to XFO to defeat

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by KO (Punches) in the second. After winning another with XFO, he lost again competing outside of the promotion, this time to Charles Diaz by Decision (Split). Once again, returning to XFO, Curran next faced Luke Gwaltney, winning by TKO in the first. On October 10, 2009 he faced Jay Ellis in an XFO event, where he defeated his opponent in under a minute, submitting him with a

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. He was defeated in his next fight with XFO, at the hands of Travis Perzynski, losing by

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in the second round. Curran took part in a Trojan MMA event, where he defeated former Cage Rage British Lightweight Championship contender Robbie Olivier on February 27, 2010 via unanimous decision.

Bellator MMA

It was announced that Curran would be a participant in the Bellator Season Two Lightweight Tournament. His first round match-up was announced to be

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's protégé, Mike Ricci and the fight took place at

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. A crowd favorite, the Chicago-area fighter remained patient through a few strategic minutes in which the fighters traded low kicks and jabs while finding their range. However, a little more than midway through the round, Curran connected on a powerful right hook that sent opponent Mike Ricci crashing to the mat where he stayed unconscious for a few uncomfortable minutes after a few follow up punches. The bout was called, and Curran won by knockout by 3:01 in the first round. His second bout took place at

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against former UFC veteran

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. Huerta was heavily favored going in to the fight, but Curran impressed over three rounds and went home with a unanimous decision, winning 29-28 on all three judges scorecards. With that victory, Curran moved on to face

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, who was also victorious that night, in the Season 2 Lightweight Tournament Final. At

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Curran defeated Imada via split decision in a close fight, becoming the Bellator Season Two Lightweight Tournament Champion. A match-up against Bellator Season One Champion

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was anticipated for

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, but Curran was forced out of the contest due to a shoulder injury. Fighting in his place,

took on Alvarez in a non-title bout at

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and lost via TKO due to a doctor stoppage. Curran's bout with Alvarez took place on April 2, 2011 at

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. He lost the fight via unanimous decision, with the judges scoring it 49-46, 50-45 and 50-45 in favor of Alvarez. Curran dropped to his original fight weight of 145 lbs to enter the Bellator 2011 Summer Series Featherweight Tournament. In his quarterfinal bout Curran submitted

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via Peruvian necktie in the first round. Curran faced

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in the Featherweight Tournament Semifinal at Bellator 47. He won the fight via unanimous decision, advancing him to the Bellator Featherweight Tournament Finals. Curran faced former Sengoku Featherweight Champion and Pancrase Featherweight Champion

Marlon Sandro Marlon Sandro (born March 8, 1977) is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist. He has competed for Bellator, Pancrase, Shooto, and World Victory Road. He is the former King of Pancrase Featherweight Champion and former Sengoku Featherweight C ...

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for the Bellator Featherweight Tournament Final. Curran defeated Sandro four minutes into the second round via a highlight reel head-kick KO, in the process becoming the first person to win Bellator tournaments in two different weight classes. Curran faced Joe Warren at

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. Curran defeated Warren by a brutal KO in round three to win the Bellator Featherweight Championship. In his first title defense, Curran faced

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on January 17, 2013. He successfully defended his title for the first time, winning the fight via split decision. Curran was expected to defend his title against Bellator Season Six Featherweight Tournament winner, Daniel Mason-Straus, at

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. However, Straus broke his hand and was forced out of the bout. Straus was replaced by Bellator Season Seven Featherweight Tournament winner,

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. Curran was successful in his second title defense, defeating Shamalaev via first-round submission. Curran put his Bellator Featherweight Championship on the line on November 2, 2013 at

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in a rematch against Daniel Mason-Straus. He was unsuccessful with his third title defense, losing the fight by unanimous decision. Curran fought current champ Daniel Mason-Straus for the third time at Bellator 112 in March. An instant rematch drew criticism for Bellator from MMA pundits and fans, as many felt that Curran, who had previously lost his last match to Straus and not won a tournament for a rematch, had not done enough to earn a title shot over waiting tournament winners

and

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. He won the bout via rear-naked choke submission in the fifth round thus, ending their trilogy and winning the Bellator Featherweight Championship for the second time. Curran was scheduled to make the first defense of his new title in a rematch with

on June 6, 2014 at

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. However, on May 21, it was announced that Curran had pulled out of the bout due to a calf injury. The rematch eventually took place at

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on September 5, 2014. Curran lost the bout to Freire by unanimous decision. Curran faced

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on February 13, 2015 at

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. He lost the fight via split decision. Curran was expected to face

Goiti Yamauchi is a Japanese-born Brazilian mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Welterweight division for Bellator MMA. As of December 13, 2022, he is #5 in the Bellator Welterweight Rankings. Background Yamauchi was born in Anjō, Aichi to ...

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on June 26, 2015. However, Yamauchi pulled out of the fight due to injury. Curran instead faced

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at the event. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Curran was expected to face

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at Bellator 145 on November 6, 2015. Curran pulled out of the bout due to a knee injury. Curran faced

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on May 20, 2016. In the first round, Curran knocked down his opponent with a left hand. Karakhanyan managed to recover and fight on, but in the end Curran won via unanimous decision. Curran was expected to face

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at Bellator 167 on December 3, 2016, however, Curran pulled out of the bout due to an injury and was replaced by

. The bout with Teixeira was rescheduled for Bellator 184 on October 6, 2017. Curran won the fight by unanimous decision. After a year and a half long layoff, Curran returned to face rising Featherweight prospect A.J. McKee at Bellator 221 on May 11, 2019. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. In the heels of the defeat, Curran signed a contract extension with Bellator. In the first round of the tournament, Curran got

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as his opponent. The fight was held on 7 September 2019 on Bellator 226. At the end of round 2, a flying knee made an impact again and sent Curran to the floor. At the end of a huge amount of punches on the ground, the referee stopped the fight in the last second of the 2nd round. Curran announced on October 27, 2020 that he was retiring from MMA.

Championships and awards

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** Bellator Featherweight World Championship (Two times) **Two successful title defenses ** Bellator Season Two Lightweight Tournament Winner ** Bellator 2011 Summer Series Featherweight Tournament Winner **First Fighter to win tournaments in multiple weight classes **Two successful title defenses *Inside Fights **Knockout of the Year (2012) *

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**2011 All-Violence Second Team *MMAJunkie.com **2014 March Submission of the Month vs. Daniel Mason-Straus

Mixed martial arts record

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 4–0 , Jay Ellis , Submission (rear-naked choke) , XFO 25 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:51 ,

, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 3–0 , Amir Khillah , Decision (unanimous) , XFO 25: Outdoor War 4 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 2–0 , Lazar Stojadinovic , Decision (unanimous) , XFO 23: Title Night , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 ,

, Submission (rear-naked choke) , XFO 22: Rising Star , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:24 ,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Curran, Pat 1987 births Living people Featherweight mixed martial artists Lightweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing wrestling American male mixed martial artists Bellator MMA champions

Background

Mixed martial arts career

TapouT

Post-TapouT

Bellator MMA

Championships and awards

Mixed martial arts record

See also

References

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