Pat Curran to Face Joe Warren in Bellator Featherweight Title Bout on March 9
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Pat Curran to Face Joe Warren in Bellator Featherweight Title Bout on March 9
BuffaloDave
1/18/12 10:47:58AM
Pat Curran will get his second crack at Bellator gold on March 9 at Bellator 61.
That's when the fast-rising featherweight will face off with reigning champion Joe Warren at The Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney announced on Wednesday.
In 2011, Curran won a chance to fight for the lightweight crown but fell in a unanimous decision to Eddie Alvarez. Afterward, he dropped weight to move into the lower division and steamrolled the tournament field with finish wins over Luis Palomino and Marlon Sandro, as well as a decision over Ronnie Mann, to advance to a title bout.
Since then, Curran (16-4) has been waiting on the sidelines for his chance, as first, Warren (7-2) tried his hand at becoming a two-division champ but got knocked out by bantamweight Alexis Vila. And then, Curran was forced to wait as previous tournament winner Patricio "Pitbull" Freire was queued up to fight Warren first.
As it turns out, Freire suffered a hand injury that required surgery, allowing Curran to cash in his opportunity first.
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That's when the fast-rising featherweight will face off with reigning champion Joe Warren at The Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney announced on Wednesday.
In 2011, Curran won a chance to fight for the lightweight crown but fell in a unanimous decision to Eddie Alvarez. Afterward, he dropped weight to move into the lower division and steamrolled the tournament field with finish wins over Luis Palomino and Marlon Sandro, as well as a decision over Ronnie Mann, to advance to a title bout.
Since then, Curran (16-4) has been waiting on the sidelines for his chance, as first, Warren (7-2) tried his hand at becoming a two-division champ but got knocked out by bantamweight Alexis Vila. And then, Curran was forced to wait as previous tournament winner Patricio "Pitbull" Freire was queued up to fight Warren first.
As it turns out, Freire suffered a hand injury that required surgery, allowing Curran to cash in his opportunity first.
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Twenty20Dollars
1/18/12 12:18:55PM
This prolly works out better.
Curran beats Warren, then you get the better matchup of Curran vs Pitbull.
Curran beats Warren, then you get the better matchup of Curran vs Pitbull.
Budgellism
1/18/12 12:21:59PM
Posted by Twenty20Dollars
This prolly works out better.
Curran beats Warren, then you get the better matchup of Curran vs Pitbull.
Exactly. That'll be a great fight.
JoeWarren33
1/18/12 2:58:00PM
The only thing Curran will be beating is his meat.
Expect Patty boy to have a Joe Warren who will not go down without a fight. I. Am very excited for this fight, and very excited for Warren to do a beatdown on Curran like he did to Soto.
Expect Patty boy to have a Joe Warren who will not go down without a fight. I. Am very excited for this fight, and very excited for Warren to do a beatdown on Curran like he did to Soto.
Poor_Franklin
1/18/12 3:45:19PM
Posted by JoeWarren33
The only thing Curran will be beating is his meat.
Expect Patty boy to have a Joe Warren who will not go down without a fight. I. Am very excited for this fight, and very excited for Warren to do a beatdown on Curran like he did to Soto.
something tells em you might be biased
pmoney
1/18/12 7:32:19PM
Pitbull beats Warren and/or Curran 
prophecy033
1/18/12 7:56:09PM
He'll go down while fighting
Posted by JoeWarren33
The only thing Curran will be beating is his meat.
Expect Patty boy to have a Joe Warren who will not go down without a fight. I. Am very excited for this fight, and very excited for Warren to do a beatdown on Curran like he did to Soto.
Franklinfan47
1/18/12 8:30:55PM
Posted by JoeWarren33
The only thing Curran will be beating is his meat.
Expect Patty boy to have a Joe Warren who will not go down without a fight. I. Am very excited for this fight, and very excited for Warren to do a beatdown on Curran like he did to Soto.
Travesty145
1/18/12 9:45:02PM
as much as i want joe warren to take this im not betting against pat curran again. he keeps winning and i keep losing
bjj1605
1/20/12 12:43:43AM
People don't even understand how good Pat Curran is.
I train with him on a weekly basis.
He just keeps getting better and better.
I train with him on a weekly basis.
He just keeps getting better and better.