Pat Curran (fighter)
| Pat Curran | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 31, 1987 |
| Other names | Paddy Mike |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st) |
| Division |
Lightweight, Featherweight |
| Reach | 73.0 in (185 cm) |
| Style | Boxing, Wrestling, BJJ |
| Fighting out of | Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States |
| Team | Team Curran |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 29 |
| Wins | 22 |
| By knockout | 5 |
| By submission | 7 |
| By decision | 10 |
| Losses | 7 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 6 |
| Notable relatives | Jeff Curran, cousin |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Pat Curran (born August 31, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist, and the former Bellator Featherweight Champion. He is the cousin of World Extreme Cagefighting veteran Jeff Curran and fought primarily with Xtreme Fighting Organization (XFO) before signing with Bellator, where is the winner of Bellator Season Two Lightweight Tournament and the Bellator 2011 Summer Series. He is currently ranked the #6 Featherweight in the world by Sherdog and the #8 Featherweight by Fightmatrix.com and #2 Featherweight outside of the UFC.
Curran went to Olympic Heights Community High School where he was a standout wrestler.
Curran spent much of his youth crafting his skills on the playground with boxing gloves, having knocked out many veterans of the sport including Mark Mawson. Curran was a Florida High School wrestling stand-out who went on to study Brazilian jiu-jitsu with his cousin Jeff Curran at the young age of 17. It was during this summer of training that Curran decided to pursue mixed martial arts as a career. After making his debut in 2008, against and defeating Tony Hervey, a future King of the Cage Lightweight Champion. Curran his second professional bout against Lazar Stojadinovic, who had previously had a dominating performance over Curran's teammate Ben Miller, who suffered a broken jaw in the bout, at an Extreme Challenge event on January 26, 2008. The bout was featured on the Tapout reality series on the Versus Channel, giving Curran his first mainstream performance.
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