UFC, Kunyada, WEC, WFA, IFLA, Strikeforce. Only ONE Wankhondo wakhala anamenyera onse asanu ndi kukwezedwa kuti Pakalipano pansi pa Zuffa ambulera. Kuti womenya? Jeff “Big Chule” Curran.
Curran umatha ake 19 mwezi pantchito ndipo akulowa octagon pa RFA 24 pa Friday, March 6 pa lachinsinsi nyanja Casino & Hotel mu asanapite Nyanja, Minnesota. Chochitikacho adzakhala televised moyo ndi lonselo pa TV AXS. The msirikali wakale bantamweight, Curran (36-16-1) wokha udzayesera ake mettle mu Co-zazikulu zinachitika polimbana ndi amphamvu Melvin Blumer (11-2) amene touting 5 nkhondo Nkhata msempha.
Taganizirani kwa 1991… Kodi mukuchita? Chabwino, Curran anali modabwa 14 a zaka anaganiza kuti kuphunzitsa jiu-jitsu. Curran anafotokoza, “Wanga kalasi yoyamba, Ndinaphunzira chinachake amatchedwa 'kujambula pansi’ ankadziwikanso monga Americana ndipo ndinadziwa kuti chimene ine ndimafuna kuchita ndi ine basi anapitiriza maphunziro jiu-jitsu kuyambira. Ndinapitiriza cholinga ndekha maseŵero ndi womenya ndi chinthu chimodzi anali kutsogolera wina.”
Mofulumira mwachidwi August 16, 2013 pa RFA 9, Curran anamwalira kugawanika chisankho mu bantamweight udindo polimbana Pedro Munhoz. “Ine anapuma nditachoka otsiriza nkhondo mu RFA. Ine anamenyera dziko chizindikiro ndipo ndakhala mu zonse zikuluzikulu bwanji mu masewera ndipo akhala akumenyana, panthawi imeneyo, chifukwa 17 Zaka. Ndinamva kuti ndi yanga ndi masewero olimbitsa, kumene ine ndinali nthawiyi moyo wanga, ana anga ndi banja, Ine ndinaganiza kuti nthawi kupuma.”
Curran anawonjezera, “Koma, makamaka, Sindinkafuna kukhala wachiwiri bwino, Ndinkangofuna kuti pafupifupi monga womenya. Kamodzi ine ndinamverera loto anali atapita kapena mwayi anali atapita kukwera ku UFC, kulimbana yabwino anyamata m'dzikoli, Ndinkaona kuti ndi bwino kusiya chifukwa chachikulu wanga wakhala ngati wadutsa.”
Komabe, pambuyo kusamala kudzipenda ndi kusonkhezera chilakolako kupitiriza kumenyanako, Curran anaganiza kukawerenga mu khola. “Ndinkafuna kupambana pa nkhondoyi, kupambana lamba, ndi kupita pamwamba. Ndinkaona ingakhale osiririka njira kupuma, koma sanapite njira yanga. Kotero ine anapuma – ndipo konse anakhala bwino nane,” Curran anafotokoza. “Ndipo nthawi kuti anapitiriza, Ine ndinamverera kumenya nkhondo. Ndinayamba mipata ndi RFA anapeza mwayi kwa ine nkhondo. Choncho ndine pano.”
Juggling maudindo monga banja, ntchito munthu, mphunzitsi, ndipo womenya akhoza anthu ena pamutu sapota, koma Curran anafotokoza, “Ndinali masewero olimbitsa pamaso ndinali woyamba nkhondo, kotero ine ndinali nthawizonse ntchito udindo splitting nthawi yanga, koma tsopano zambiri mozama kuposa kale chifukwa anga omenyana misinkhu yawo ndi yosiyanasiyana ndi kuchititsa nthawi. Business ndi pa mlingo wosiyana – Ine ndi anyamata awiri amene akukula mofulumira ndi tsiku Ine ndi mkazi wanga. Pali udindo kudutsa bolodi ndi zoposa zinali ndandanda wanzeru kuposa mmbuyo pamene ine ndinali kutsegula sukulu. Eya, ndi zambiri juggle, koma ine ndichita izo.”
Kudzera maudindo ake onse, Curran maintains kuganizira kuti adziwitse nkhondo ndi oopsa Melvin Blumer, “Wake Nkhata msempha limasonyeza, makamaka mu Pakati Chakumadzulo chifukwa Anzanga ambiri inu kulimbana ndi wokongola chimodzimodzi mphamvu ndi luso anapereka, kotero kuti inu mumvetsa amphamvu mpikisano ndipo kumeneko ochirikiza mu Pakati Chakumadzulo nthawi zonse kuvala bwino ndewu. Mwamuna kuti ndi 11-2 (Blumer) ndi pa 5-nkhondo Nkhata msempha ndi chidwi kwa ine ndipo izo ziri ndendende zimene ine ndikufuna.”
Curran anafotokoza zina, “Ine sindikufuna kulimbana ena Wopempha kapena kumenyana wina Ine ndikudziwa ine kumenya. Ine ndikufuna kulimbana wina kuti akhoza yandilangiza ndi Mundiuze ngati ndidakali m'gulu la masewera kapena andipatse kulondola bwino ngati ine kupambana, kotero Blumer chachikulu mdani. Blumer Ndizovuta. Ine kum'patsa ulemu wokwanira kuphunzitsa wanga bulu n'kumakachita naye ngati apamwamba khumi munthu. Koma ndi zikukambidwa, Ine ndikudziwa ine ndiri pamwamba khumi ochita maseŵera, kotero ine kubweretsa chirichonse ine ndiri ndipo ndikuona kuti azikhala nkhondo yabwino.”
Ndipo kodi Curran a sitepe yotsatira ndi chigonjetso? Ngakhale iye sali wotsimikiza, “Ine sindikudziwa wanga wotsatira kusuntha ndi. Sindinali kupanga kotsimikizika chisankho mwanjira ina. Kunena zowona, Ine ndikudziwa pamene ine anataya, pantchito sichinamukwanire bwino nane, koma ndi ufulu kupambana kwambiri mwina akanatha, koma pa nthawi yomweyo ndi ufulu Nkhata, Ine ndingakhoze chidwi cha UFC ndi kusankha ngati ine ndikufuna kuthamangitsa wanga woyamba UFC chigonjetso.”
Pa Friday, March 6, Curran ndi aliyense ukuyang'anira adzakhala akudabwa chimene “Big Chule a” lotsatira ankapitabe ku moyo udzakhala.
