UFC, USUMENYEZELWE, Wec, WFA, IFLA, Strikeforce. Kuphela ONE FIGHTER ulwisane bonke ayisithupha Promotions njengamanje ngaphansi isambulela Zuffa. Lokho fighter? Jeff “Big Frog” Curran.
Curran uphela ngenyanga-19 akhe umhlalaphansi futhi engena octagon at RFA 24 on Friday, March 6 at the Mystic Lake Casino & Ihhotela in Prior Lake, Minnesota. Lo mcimbi uzobe isiqephu bukhoma futhi lonke on AXS TV. The bantamweight veteran, Curran (36-16-1) kuyovivinya kuyawavivinya amandla endoda yakhe kwenzeka co-main ngokumelene agubhayo Melvin Blumer (11-2) ngubani touting a 5-fight win streak.
Cabanga emuva 1991… Yini abangu nenza? Well, Curran kwaba ebanzi-eyed engu-14 ubudala ukuthi wanquma uqeqeshe jiu-Jitsu. Curran uyachaza, “Ikilasi My lokuqala, Ngafunda into okuthiwa 'ukupenda floor’ owaziwa ngokuthi i Americana futhi ngangazi ukuthi yilokho engifuna ukukwenza mina nje waqhubeka ukuqeqeshwa jiu-Jitsu kusukela. Ngaqhubeka the focus on ngokwami njengoba nomsubathi kanye fighter kanye into eyodwa ngihola komunye.”
Fast-phambili August 16, 2013 at RFA 9, Curran walahlekelwa isinqumo kuqhekeka a fight bantamweight isihloko ngokumelene Pedro Munhoz. “I umhlalaphasi ngemva fight wami wokugcina in the RFA. Ngiye walwa for isihloko umhlaba futhi waba zonke show enkulu mdlalo futhi waba ekulweni, ngaleso sikhathi, ngoba 17 Eminyakeni. I nje wokuthi kanye nebhizinisi lami futhi ejimini, lapho ngineminyaka ngaleso sigaba sokuphila kwami, izingane kanye nomndeni wami, Ngangicabanga ukuthi kwase kuyisikhathi umhlalaphansi.”
Curran uyanezela, “Kodwa, ikakhulukazi, Ngangingafuni ukuba yesibili umhlabeleli, Angikaze ngibe ukuba isilinganiso njengoba fighter. Uma ngazizwa iphupho wayesehambile noma ithuba wayesehambile ukukhuphuka emuva UFC, ukuba alwe guys best in the world, Ngazizwa kungcono ukuyeka kusukela zokuvuthwa kwami uye uhlobo edlula.”
Nokho, emva introspection ngokucophelela kanye nesifiso yefilakisi ukuqhubeka nokulwa, Curran wanquma ukuhlehlela emuva zingene yezinyoni. “Ngangifuna ukunqoba impi, ukunqoba ibhande, futhi uhambe on top. Ngazizwa kungaba ngendlela engokoqobo oncomekayo umhlalaphansi, kodwa akazange hamba yami. Ngakho I umhlalaphansi – futhi akakaze wahlala kahle nami,” Curran wachaza. “Futhi isikhathi esengeziwe ukuthi waqhubeka, Ngazizwa isidingo ukulwa. Ngaqala ukubheka amathuba kanye RFA wathola ithuba kimi ukulwa aphinde. Ngakho ngilapha.”
Juggling izindima njengoba umuntu emndenini, ibhizinisi man, Umqeqeshi, futhi fighter angase akwenze ikhanda spin abanye abantu, kodwa Curran uyachaza, “Kwadingeka gym wami ngaphambi kwadingeka impi yami yokuqala, kanjalo ngase wayevame umthwalo zihlukanise isikhathi sami, kodwa manje kungcono kakhulu e-ukujula kunalokho babesebenzisa ukuba ngoba fighters zami ashiyashiyanayo ngamazinga futhi zidinga isikhathi esiningi. Business naye ezingeni ezahlukene – futhi enginakho abafana ababili ukuthi ziyakhula ngokushesha by the day and enginakho umkami. Kukhona umthwalo emazweni ngamazwe futhi ngaphezu kwaba schedule-kohlakaniphileyo emuva lapho ngivula isikole. Yeah, kungcono a lot ukwenza, kodwa mina ukukwenza.”
Through yonke imithwalo yakhe, Curran igcina ukugxila for empini yakhe oluzayo ayingozi Melvin Blumer, “Win Yakhe streak lukhulu, ikakhulukazi Midwest ngoba Abafana ulwe kukhona pretty ezifanayo amandla kanye nekhono isethi, ukuze uthole umncintiswano onzima kanye abagqugquzeli bendawo Midwest abakufunayo njalo ukuba agqoke ukulwa okuhle. A guy ukuthi 11-2 (Blumer) futhi phezu a 5-fight win streak umxhwele kimi futhi Yilokho Ngifuna.”
Curran uqhubeka achaze, “Angifuni ukulwa ezinye bum noma silwe umuntu ngiyazi ukuthi ishaye. Ngifuna ukulwa umuntu angakwazi ongangibekela inselele futhi ungazise uma ngisashumayela ne in the game noma unginike umqondo ilungelo ufeze Uma ngimehlula, kanjalo Blumer a Umphikisi enkulu. Blumer kunzima. I amnike nenhlonipho ngokwanele ukuba uqeqeshe imbongolo yami off futhi basuke bemhlonipha njengomuntu eziyishumi guy top. Kodwa nge ukuthi kusho, Ngiyazi ukuthi top ten osezingeni, kanjalo Ngithathe ngokuletha konke ngathola futhi ngicabanga ukuthi uzokwenza ukuba a ukulwa okuhle.”
Futhi siyini isinyathelo Curran olandelayo nge ukunqoba? Ngisho yena engaqiniseki, “Angazi ukuthi yini isinyathelo sami esilandelayo. Angizange enze isinqumo esiqondile ngandlela thile. Ngokuthembakala, Ngiyazi lapho Ngalahlekelwa, umhlalaphansi akaphenduli kahle nami, kodwa ilungelo ukunqoba it cishe abengakunika, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo ne win sokunene, Ngingaluthola amehlo UFC bese unquma uma ngifuna ukuxosha UFC kwami kokuqala.”
On Friday, March 6, Curran and wonke umuntu watching izobe bezibuza lokho “Big Frog sika” venture elilandelayo ekuphileni kuyoba.
