"My daycare notified us they are going to close today." The babysitter/daycare might have "canceled" last minute, which provides an open invitation to work from home or call in for the day. If you have children, take advantage of being a good parent who's always looking out for them. No detours, no distractions, just stay on track.7 Best Excuses to get out of Work (how to call out of work) work Excuse #1 | No Babysitter (or Daycare) At this point, the universe was telling me to stay on track. “I decided to do it, go with it, see what happens, and then I get COVID for the second time. “I was worried about PFL messing that chance up and with Bellator, I was like, ‘I’m really broke right now, maybe I should just fight in Bellator.’ I was concerned that if anything went wrong, I wouldn’t get this UFC opportunity. “My goal was to always be in the UFC,” Curtis said. In the end, despite being sick on his couch “for two weeks,” it turned out to be a long-term blessing in disguise. There were other opportunities for Curtis with regional promotions as well as the PFL, where he spent a season and made it to the playoffs before losing to Magomed Magomedkerimov, retiring from the sport, calling off that retirement minutes later and then knocked out by Ray Cooper in October 2019.Ĭurtis had the opportunity to fight Austin Vanderford nearly a year prior to his octagon debut at Bellator 251, but the fight was scratched after Curtis tested positive for COVID-19.
I did something terrible in a past life and I’m experiencing karma.” Like, I had to have killed a pope in a past life. “Then to have it cancelled, I was absolutely furious. Once you weigh-in, touch that scale, it is on, right? “If I had arrived at the building and they told me the fight’s off, I’d that sucks, I expected this to happen, but to get in, to weigh-in and everything, like, it’s happening. “The worst part about that wasn’t that it was cancelled, it’s that I weighed in, and then it was cancelled,” Curtis said of the first booking with Hawes being off the card.
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The bad luck continued on for Curtis, who many believed should have gotten his UFC opportunity years ago - most notably following a June 2018 finish on Dana White’s Contender Series where he was passed over for a contract. As MMA Fighting first reported, Hawes declined the last second switch and the bout never happened. So, yeah, you go into a UFC fight with $10 in your bank account is rough.”Ĭurtis thought his octagon debut would take place on just over a day’s notice at UFC Vegas 39 after successfully weighing in for the bout after agreeing to replace Deron Winn. After that, I was down to like $10 in my bank account because I was trying to catch up on bills and keep everything afloat. “Going into that UFC fight, the only reason I survived those three weeks was because Mick Maynard took care of me for weighing in.
Fighting on the regional scene, and getting paid well on the regional scene doesn’t go as far as you think once you take out fees, taxes, management, all of that stuff. there was $10 in my bank account because we had some expenses come up before that. “I’m lucky because I live with my manager and I’m not gonna be homeless,” Curtis said. “The Action Man” delivered the career highlight inside Madison Square Garden in New York, one of the biggest cards of the year.įollowing his sixth straight win, Curtis spoke with members of the media and hoped to secure a Performance of the Night bonus because he was “hilariously broke.” The 34-year-old appeared on Wednesday’s edition of The MMA Hour to explain his financial status in greater detail.
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To say Chris Curtis paid the price on his road to a long awaited shot in the UFC would be an understatement, but he certainly made the most of his opportunity when the time came.Ĭurtis made the walk to the hallowed octagon in his 35th professional fight and went on to knock out Phil Hawes in the first round of their preliminary card matchup at UFC 268.
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