This wasn’t part of the plan.
Chris Curtis was done with MMA. This time of year, his main concern should be getting his kids to school and finding time to relax and play his video games. Instead, he’s a couple of thousand miles away in Las Vegas, working with the Syndicate MMA team to prepare him for the upcoming Professional Fighters League season.
He was retired. No, really. After a third-round TKO win on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series last June failed to garner him a UFC contract, Curtis (20-5) decided he’d had enough of the rat race.