Combat Rewind, May 2: Early Pat Curran, and a Hawaiian takes Japan

Check out the best highlights from this day in history with MMA Junkie’s “Combat Rewind.”

There’s “Flashback Friday” and “Throwback Thursday” (and Tuesday, too, if you want). But at MMA Junkie, we figured why not expand that to every day?

“Combat Rewind” brings you some of combat sports’ best highlights from every calendar day of the year. It’s a look back at history, courtesy of the UFC Fight Pass archives, featuring stellar finishes and classic moments in MMA and beyond on their anniversaries.

So kick back and relive the following bits of greatness in the video above:

  • XFO 30: [autotag]Pat Curran[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Mike Pickett[/autotag] – May 2, 2009
  • Pancrase – Blow 4: [autotag]Poai Suganuma[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Yuji Sakuragi[/autotag] – May 2, 2006
  • King of the Cage – Bad Blood: [autotag]Spencer Klein[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Andrew Tanata[/autotag] – May 2, 2015
  • Pancrase – Blow 4: [autotag]Masayuki Kono[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Teymur Aliyev[/autotag] – May 2, 2006

Fight footage courtesy of UFC Fight Pass, the UFC’s official digital subscription service, which is currently offering a seven-day free trial. UFC Fight Pass gives fans access to exclusive live UFC events and fights, exclusive live MMA and combat sports events from around the world, exclusive original and behind the scenes content and unprecedented 24-7 access to the world’s biggest fight library.