August 10th marked a huge day for Jeff Curran as he officially opened his new multi million dollar training facility. An estimated 700+ people attended the opening ceremony that featured food, drinks, music, a moon bounce, a dunk tank for Parick Curran, Jeff’s cousin, to get soaked in, and a grappling demo between Jeff, Nate Morh (UFC) and Amir Sadollah (UFC).

Jeff had been telling us for months that this gym was special. His last gym was already called one of the nicest in the country, so we knew Jeff meant it when he said his old gym wouldn’t hold a candle to this one. What we didn’t know was the extent to which he meant it… Pictures and descriptions would never do it this gym justice, it is absolutely unreal! The attention to detail and the use of space shows what a labor of love this was for Curran.

With a horse voice from cornering his team the night before at the XFO, Jeff gave a compelling speech to the large crowd who waited 2 hours to hear Jeff’s story of how he got to this point in his career. While Jeff was a bit nervous in front of the crowd, his son Tye didn’t mind hamming it up before the ribbon cutting.


It’s a shame that the new episode of TapOut (featuring Jeff’s cousin and fellow SuckerPunch client Patrick Curran) was filmed in Curran’s old gym, missing the opening of this one by only a few months. Amir Sadollah was also on hand to support Curran and said, “this gym can easily be marketed as the nicest gym in the country”.


The bar for MMA training centers for the next generation has definitely been set by Curran. We look forward to seeing a new breed of fighters evolving in his gym.

Jeff had been telling us for months that this gym was special. His last gym was already called one of the nicest in the country, so we knew Jeff meant it when he said his old gym wouldn’t hold a candle to this one. What we didn’t know was the extent to which he meant it… Pictures and descriptions would never do it this gym justice, it is absolutely unreal! The attention to detail and the use of space shows what a labor of love this was for Curran.

With a horse voice from cornering his team the night before at the XFO, Jeff gave a compelling speech to the large crowd who waited 2 hours to hear Jeff’s story of how he got to this point in his career. While Jeff was a bit nervous in front of the crowd, his son Tye didn’t mind hamming it up before the ribbon cutting.


It’s a shame that the new episode of TapOut (featuring Jeff’s cousin and fellow SuckerPunch client Patrick Curran) was filmed in Curran’s old gym, missing the opening of this one by only a few months. Amir Sadollah was also on hand to support Curran and said, “this gym can easily be marketed as the nicest gym in the country”.


The bar for MMA training centers for the next generation has definitely been set by Curran. We look forward to seeing a new breed of fighters evolving in his gym.
Heck yeah! That is what i call a gym!
hmmm I’d like to know what Jeff said in his opening speech?
I was in England…so as with all of thses things, I couldnt come 🙁
I want to say thank you to everyone who was involved in our development in the past 11 years in any way. thanks to all my students, friends , family and staff who helped me make my dream a reality. I have one large dream left to acheive in this sport…I promise to make that one happen and let everyone enjoy it along the way. Thanks to Suckerpunch for all the support in helping others that couldnt make the opening a chance to see a part of what the day was. Again, thanks to everyone.
See you in Dec!
First post, been a lurker for a while. I had to say that looks like a very classy event. That is how you do promotion. Looks like there was a major turnout and it was geared towards everyone.
Good job and it looks great. Looks like you have a great team behind you.
Hey the opening was phenomenal. Jeff is a class act all around and was busting his ass all day long to make sure everything went the way it he wanted it to. He was folding chairs, putting tables away and everything in between. I want to thank Jeff for Bringing me out for the opening and the XFO event.
For those of you who are wondering, I actually have Jeff’s speech recorded on audio. I will be posting them shortly for everyone to hear.
It was actually pretty moving for those who had similar experiences and most importantly it was very moving to feel Jeff’s passion in his speech. “Never stop.”
Let me know when you have the audio! 🙂
Your blog is interesting!
Keep up the good work!
Thanks a lot Jeff for having me out to the opening. You definitely have an elite facility there. It was good to meet your staff and students. Good times.
congrads on the new gym ive herd great things about it