Pat Curran – Syndication Server

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.

Combat Rewind, April 17: Start of Pat Curran vs. Daniel Straus, end of Strikeforce on CBS

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?

Today’s highlight include the launch of a career trilogy between Pat Curran and Daniel Straus four years before they would resume the series in the Bellator cage, as well as the infamous “Strikeforce: Nashville” brawl that signaled the end of Striekforce’s run on network television.

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

XFO 29: [autotag]Pat Curran[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Daniel Straus[/autotag] – April 17, 2009
Alaska Fighting Championship 147: [autotag]Chance Staggs[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Chante Stafford[/autotag] – April 17, 2019
Strikeforce – Nashville: [autotag]Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller[/autotag] vs. Everyone – April 17, 2010

The 10 winningest fighters in Bellator history

MMA Junkie takes a look at the 10 winningest fighters in Bellator history.

With Bellator on hiatus during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, MMA Junkie takes a look at the 10 winningest fighters in the history of the organization. Of note, all athletes included in this column fight at middleweight or below and have promotional debuts ranging from April 2010 to April 2015.

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10. [autotag]Michael Page[/autotag]

Age: 32

Debut: Bellator 93 on March 21, 2013

Number of fights: 14

Number of wins: 13

Many won’t like the quality of competition that led to Page landing a spot on the list, but he’s here nonetheless. “MVP” has put together a spectacular highlight reel with Bellator courtesy of a unique and dynamic offensive arsenal.

Page has nothing scheduled as far as his next fight, but the fan desire is to see him face another top welterweight.

9. [autotag]Pat Curran[/autotag]

Age: 32

Debut: Bellator 14 on April 15, 2010

Number of fights: 18

Number of wins: 13

Despite having fought just three times in the past four years, former featherweight champion Curran finds himself in the thick of the pack among the biggest winners in Bellator history.

Curran was bounced from the ongoing featherweight grand prix in an opening-round bout against Adam Borics at Bellator 226 in September. He hasn’t not since addressed his future plans.

8. [autotag]Joe Warren[/autotag]

Age: 43

Debut: Bellator 13 on April 8, 2010

Number of fights: 20

Number of wins: 13

Not only was Warren the first in Bellator history to win titles in two separate weight classes, but he’s also the longest-tenured fighter in the history of the organization, going back nearly a decade.

Although “The Baddest Man on the Planet” hasn’t fought since November 2018, he insists he’s not yet retired and is biding his time for the right moment to get back in the cage.

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