TORONTO – Fighting on the same card as good friend and teammate Sean Strickland isn’t the ideal situation for Chris Curtis, but he’s making the most of it going into UFC 297.
Curtis (30-10 MMA, 4-2 UFC) is set to fight Marc-Andre Barriault (16-6 MMA, 5-5 UFC) on the pay-per-view main card of Saturday’s event at Scotiabank Arena, which is headlined by Strickland putting his middleweight title on the line against Dricus Du Plessis.
Although Curtis and Strickland are longtime veterans of the fight fame, this will mark of a new experience for the Xtreme Couture teammate. There are positives and negatives to the situation, Curtis said, but he’s doing his best to embrace it all.
