Jeff Curran talks about his UFC return

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<blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>Quote:</dt><dd> </dd></dl><div>Jeff Curran (33-13-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) recently spoke about his return at UFC 137, here are the highlights…

On His Short-lived UFC Career: "I took a fight with Matt Serra​ (at UFC 46) on nine days' notice, meaning by the eighth day (I) was doing medicals, and by the seventh day, I was packing my stuff for Vegas. I never really had a chance to be a UFC guy because shortly after that they got rid of the weight class. A lot of people have come and gone from the UFC, but I've had to corner and coach my fighters ever since, to where I'm a part of it, but yet I'm not a part of it. It's been really hard for me to be a part of my fighters winning and losing ... but I'm sitting there going, 'How can I get back here?' The WEC gave me that opportunity because it's the same staff and group of people, and I just flat out fell short."

On This Being His Last Chance: "This is my last run – not because I'm getting too old, but mentally, I want one final go, and I'm either going to do it or I'm not. And now I have no excuse that I'm too busy, or too this and too that. All the time when I was fighting Urijah (Faber) and Mike (Brown), I was in some of the biggest financial negotiations of my life and building one of the biggest gyms in the country. These things all played a role. Back then I didn't think they did. But they did because now I have to start all over."

On Fighting Jorgensen: "Jorgensen, he's a fighter," Curran said. "He's going to want to fight me. Where it goes from there, I don't care. What he brings is very predictable to me. He's dangerous, he's well-rounded, and I'm not going to take him lightly in any way. I'm experienced. I don't have go in there thinking this guy is going to kill me. My worry is whether this guy's going to squeak by me on a decision – because the last time I got knocked out was 14 years ago. It was a pretty messed up thing with no padding on the cage. That was the last time I was knocked out, so if he thinks he's going to knock me out, it's a long shot for him. I've got to try to control that pace and put him in my world where I'm strongest."[/quote]
 
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