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Jeff curran is my all-time fav fw
Big frog vs miguel torres in Chicago was the greatest fight never to happen
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Thanks PM !
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War Big Frog
I used to train at Currans way back in the day
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Jeff was my next door neigbor back when we lived in Burton’s Bridge
We used to watch the fights with him and that group at Sideouts
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Jeffs promotion, XFO, was awesome back in the day.
Clay Guida, Terry Martin, Bartimus, Eric Schaefer, bunch of killers fought on those shows…
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That and Stephen Bonnar vs Terry Martin.
Or Bonnar vs Jim Theobald.
Too bad MMA wasn’t as big back in those days, I would have loved to see Theobald in the UFC.
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Shit, you lived in Burton’s Bridge? I grew up not far from there.
A childhood friend of mine owns Sideouts.
Back in the day, a bunch of the businesses in Island Lake were mob owned.
3-D Bowl, Solly D’s pizza, Solly D’s Liquors, a couple of others.
Solly D is has reportedly been the head of the Chicago Outfit since 2010.
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LIVE , EPIC , Lytle in the House !!
I loved those local shows! Former-XFO and former-UFC fighter
Bart “Bartimus” Palaszewski
Another guy that I lived next to during a short stint while I was in Wonder Lake.
What a sweet thread with some blast from the past memories.
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Let’s go!! Still gotta get to the Ben Rothwell episode which I’m pumped for. This should be a good one! Thank you as always @MMAHistoryPodcast
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The TapOut show, when the guys were in their RV featured more local guys from that area:
Pat Curran moved there to train with his cousin Jeff and then Matt “Sunshine” Fiordirosa
