Local veteran Jeff Curran has faced some of the toughest fighters in the WEC’s featherweight and bantamweight divisions. It doesn’t get any easier for the “Big Frog” as he prepares to go toe to toe with Japanese warrior Takeya Mizugaki. Many remember Mizugaki’s battle with East Chicago’s Miguel Torres as a candidate for fight of the year. Chicago’s MMA caught up with Curran at his new training facility. He was hosting a seminar for his friend, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and ADCC champion Marcelo Garcia, who is also helping him prepare for the upcoming fight with Takeya.

Curran is once again doing a video blog of his training camp leading up to WEC 42. You can watch his videos at Sucker Punch Entertainment’s website. And stay tuned to Chicago’s MMA for more of our interivew with Jeff Curran. He talked with us about several other topics. Those videos are coming up later this week.