https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/B...ode-After-LastSecond-Loss-to-Pat-Curran-75027
Daniel Straus in Bellator. Had a good interview piece on the main page back when it happened.
"When
Daniel Straus relinquished his recently-acquired featherweight title to
Pat Curran in the waning seconds of their fight at
Bellator 112 in March, he admits that something was missing.
No, the Ohio native is not referring to his trademark dreadlocks, which he had shorn the previous day in order to make weight. Hair doesn’t make the man, and it most certainly doesn’t make the fighter.
“I used to rock a bald head; I used to rock short hair for a while. My hair was just part of my journey in this sport,” Straus told
Sherdog.com. “A lot of people saw it as: He lost his hair; he lost his power. My power was in me. It has nothing to do with my hair. Short hair, long hair, butt hair -- it doesn’t matter.”
Straus was lacking far more than just hair, however. His mind was not 100 percent with him in the cage that night. Personal issues, which he prefers not to discuss in detail, led to a lack of focus -- which in turn ultimately led to him tapping out to a Curran rear-naked choke with 14 seconds remaining in a bout he was a virtual lock to win had it gone to the judges."