MMA nearly lost one of its best featherweight fighters this past year when former Bellator MMA champion Pat Curran nearly walked away from the sport for good. Curran (19-5 MMA, 9-2 BMMA) has dealt with severe depression and anxiety issues since he was a child due to a case of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and said he was at his lowest around the time of his Bellator 106 title loss to Daniel Straus (22-4 MMA, 9-1 BMMA) in November. The situation got so bad, in fact, that Curran was ready to hang up his gloves and return to his former profession as a heat and conditioning technician. “I was at that point where I was considering moving back in with my parents,” Curran told MMAjunkie. “I didn’t know what I wanted and didn’t know if I wanted to keep pursuing my dream of being an MMA fighter, so I pretty much fell out of love with the sport
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Pat Curran shakes severe depression, retirement thoughts ahead of Bellator 112 – MMA Junkie