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KAUA E KARANGA IT A te pō ngahau: The Jeff Curran Story

JEFF Curran: KAUA E KARANGA IT A te pō ngahau!

RFA 24 IN MINNESOTA

FRIDAY MARCH 6 Te noho i AXS TV

BY K. David Bena
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UFC, Whakapehapeha, WEC, WFA, IFLA, Strikeforce. Anake kua whawhai KOTAHI toa mo te ono katoa o enei mahi whakatairanga e te hunga i raro i te maru Zuffa tēnei wā. Taua toa? Jeff “Big Frog” Curran.

Mutu Curran tana 19-marama tūranga me tomo te tapawaru i RFA 24 i runga i Rāmere, March 6 i te maerehia e Lake Casino & Hotel i roto i te Lake mua, Minnesota. Ka teata te hui ora me te motu i runga i AXS TV. Ko te whā tautōhito, Curran (36-16-1) Ka whakamātau i tona mettle i roto i te hui tahi-matua ki te huamo Melvin Blumer (11-2) te tangata e touting i te win pūkenga 5-whawhai.

A feruri hoki ki te tau 1991… He aha i mahi i a koutou? Well, He koroheke-tau 14 whanui-kanohi i faaoti ki te whakangungu Jiu-Jitsu Curran ko. Whakamārama Curran, “Toku piha haapiiraa tuatahi, Ua haapii mai au i te tahi mea i huaina 'peita i te patunga witi’ hoki e mohiotia ana ko te Americana, a i mohio ahau e te aha hiahia ahau ki te mahi me te tika tonu ahau whakangungu Jiu-Jitsu ake mai. I pupuri ahau i te arotahi ki runga ki ahau hei kaitäkaro me te toa, ka pupuri i tetahi mea ārahi ki tetahi.”

Nohopuku-whakamua ki August 16, 2013 i RFA 9, Curran ngaro te whakatau wahia i roto i te whawhai taitara whā ki Pedro Munhoz. “Mutu ahau i muri i toku whawhai whakamutunga i roto i te RFA. Kua whawhai ahau mo te taitara ao, a kua i roto i nga whakaaturanga nui i roto i te hākinakina me te kua whawhai, i taua wa, hoki 17 tau. Ahau ongo'i tika e ki toku mahi, me te omaoma, te wahi i ahau i taua wā i roto i toku ora, toku kuao me te utuafare, Whakaaro ahau ko te wa ki te hoki atu.”

Tāpiri Curran, “Ko, te nuinga, E kore ahau i hiahia ki te kia tuarua pai, E kore ahau hiahia ki te kia toharite rite ki te toa. Kia ahau ongo'i kua te moe i haere i te whai wāhi i ki te piki hoki ki te UFC ranei, ki te whawhai i te takatu pai i roto i te ao, Ua ite au i te reira pai ki te mutu mai, kua haere ia ahua o toku pirimia.”

Heoi, i muri i tupato hifo me te hiahia ngā rīriri i ki tonu te whawhai, Curran faaoti ki te manga hoki ki te whare herehere. “Ua hinaaro e ahau ki te riro i te whawhai, riro i te whitiki, a ka haere ki runga ki runga. Ite au e riro i te ara tūturu faahiahia ki te mutu i te reira, otiia kihai i haere ki reira toku ara e. Na mutu ahau – a kahore te reira noho pai ki ahau,” Ua haamaramarama Curran. “Na, ko te atu te wa i haere i runga i, Ua ite au i te hiahia ki te whawhai. Kamata e ahau ki te titiro mō ngā whai wāhitanga me te whai wāhi ki ahau mo te whawhai ano RFA kitea. Na konei ahau i ahau.”

Maminga tūranga rite te tangata utuafare, te tangata pakihi, kaiako, me te toa kia meinga upoko whatu o etahi iwi, engari whakamārama Curran, “I ahau i toku whare hākinakina o te aroaro o i ahau toku whawhai tuatahi, na i nga wa katoa e ahau whakamahia ki te hopoi'a o te wāwāhi i toku wa, engari inaianei te mea he rota atu whakamahia te reira ki te kia no te mea kei i ngā taumata rerekē toku whawhai, me rapu utu wā atu ake i roto i-hohonu. Ko te hoki Pakihi i runga i te taumata rerekē – a ka whai i ahau e rua mau tamaroa e te tipu tere i te ra, me te whai ahau taku wahine. He te kawenga puta noa i te poari me te te mea nui atu i te reira hōtaka-whakaaro atu hoki, i ahau te whakatuwheratanga i te kura. Yeah, te reira i te rota ki te juggle, engari e ahau rave i te reira.”

Na roto i ona kawenga katoa, E whakaū ana Curran arotahi mo tona whawhai ka ū mai ki te kino Melvin Blumer, “Tona pūkenga win korero pukapuka, rawa i roto i te Midwest no te mea he tino rite i roto i te kaha me te mohio i whakaritea he rota o te takatu whawhai koe, kia whiwhi koutou whakataetae uaua me kaiwhakatairanga rohe i roto i te Midwest e titiro tonu ana ki te hoatu i te pai whawhai. Ko te taata e te mea 11-2 (Blumer) a ki runga ki te win pūkenga 5-whawhai he faahiahia ki ahau, a te reira rite te mea ahau e hiahia ana.”

Whakamārama atu Curran, “E kore ahau e hiahia ki te whawhai etahi nono te whawhai te tangata e mohio ana ahau e taea e ahau whiua ranei. E hiahia ana ahau ki te whawhai i te hoê taata e taea wero i ahau, ka kia mohio ki ahau, ki te no ahau tonu i roto i te kēmu homai ki ahau te tikanga tika o te fakahoko ki te riro ahau ranei, na te Blumer he hoariri nui. Ko te uaua Blumer. Hoatu ki a ia e ahau nui faatura ki te whakangungu i toku kaihe atu, ka hamani ia ia, ano he tekau taata runga. Otiia ki te he i mea, E mohio ana ahau ki au runga ahau tekau ërä, na au kawea mai e ahau nga mea katoa ka e ahau, a whakaaro ahau e meinga ana e ia mo te whawhai pai.”

Na he aha te taahiraa i muri o Curran ki te wikitoria? Ahakoa e kore e he ia tino, “E kore ahau e mohio ki te mea i toku tere i muri ko. Kihai ahau i hanga ai i te whakatau kotahi tino ara ranei tetahi. Hei faitotonu, E mohio ana ahau i ahau i ngaro, kihai i faatuhaaraa pai uru ki ahau, engari ki te tika riro te reira tino pea taea, engari i te wa ano ki te wikitōria tika, Ka taea e te tiki i ahau i te aro o te UFC, ka whakatau ki te hiahia ahau ki te whai toku wikitoria tuatahi UFC.”

I Rāmere, March 6, Ka miharo te mea te Curran me te katoa e tiaki “Big Frog o” umanga o muri mai i roto i te ora e.

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