Pat Curran has twice worked his way up the ladder and captured the Bellator featherweight championship.
This Friday night, Curran (21-7) can move one step closer to another crack at the title when he meets Georgi Karakhanyan in the co-main event of Bellator 155 on Spike TV.
Curran snapped a two-fight losing streak last June when he earned a decision over Emmanuel Sanchez. In 2014, he dropped a decision to Patricio “Pitbull” Freire for the title, and was also handed a split decision loss to Daniel Weichel.
Since stringing together a six-fight win streak that includes victories over Luis Palomino, Marlon Sandro, former Bellator champion Joe Warren and Freire, Curran is just 2-3.
“I feel like every fight at this point in your career, especially in this division, is do-or-die,” he said, during a recent press conference. “if you win you’re going to get that much pull-through coming or having the chance to fight for the title again and I feel like over and over Georgi and I have been that much closer to another title shot.”
Daniel Mason-Straus is the current Bellator champion and the only other person besides Curran to hold the belt on multiple occasions. He won the title from Curran in 2013 with a decision victory.
“I am really excited to step in there on Friday and put on a dominant performance,” Curran said. I have made a lot of changes in my life, in my camp and everything is falling into place right now and I’m excited to showcase that on Friday.”
Pat Curran has twice worked his way up the ladder and captured the Bellator featherweight championship.
This Friday night, Curran (21-7) can move one step closer to another crack at the title when he meets Georgi Karakhanyan in the co-main event of Bellator 155 on Spike TV.
Curran snapped a two-fight losing streak last June when he earned a decision over Emmanuel Sanchez. In 2014, he dropped a decision to Patricio “Pitbull” Freire for the title, and was also handed a split decision loss to Daniel Weichel.
Since stringing together a six-fight win streak that includes victories over Luis Palomino, Marlon Sandro, former Bellator champion Joe Warren and Freire, Curran is just 2-3.
“I feel like every fight at this point in your career, especially in this division, is do-or-die,” he said, during a recent press conference. “if you win you’re going to get that much pull-through coming or having the chance to fight for the title again and I feel like over and over Georgi and I have been that much closer to another title shot.”
Daniel Mason-Straus is the current Bellator champion and the only other person besides Curran to hold the belt on multiple occasions. He won the title from Curran in 2013 with a decision victory.
“I am really excited to step in there on Friday and put on a dominant performance,” Curran said. I have made a lot of changes in my life, in my camp and everything is falling into place right now and I’m excited to showcase that on Friday.”
