How Mike Brown Became MMA's Top Featherweight
by Luke Thomas on May 28, 2009 10:04 AM EDT
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It's the classic MMA archetypal pattern of curiosity serving as a catalyst to try MMA and incremental involvement thereafter producing slow but important gains. Then before the fighter even realizes it, he's the frog in the boiling pot of water:
Are you amazed at how much has changed for you since UFC 47?
I'm living a dream. I just can't believe I'm making a good living now, doing what I love, and I'm the No.1 guy in the world. I never thought I was going to be the No. 1 guy in the world. When I started, I just wanted to be able to say I did it. I just thought, "I want to try this once, because I'm a fan." And then once I had fought once I thought, "Well, if I get to five fights, then I can say I'm a veteran of the sport." And then once I had five fights I thought, "I want to make it to the UFC so I can say I fought in the biggest show in the world." And then when I did that I thought, "I've always wanted to fight in Japan." So I went over and did that. And then I started thinking I might be able to get myself into position to where I'm in the Top 3 in the world. And then once I did that I got my title shot, and there you go, I'm the No. 1 guy.
A second defeat of Faber would not only further cement his status among fans and pundits, but could potentially put him on the road towards potential inclusion in pound-for-pound rankings. The WEC has to be excited about the possibility.
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I’ve heard a lot of this talk, and a lot of people try to discount him due to his loss to Imanari, but the one issue I have with that fight is that Imanari basically pulled off a miracle after being soundly beaten for 3 rounds.
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Imanari does shit like that all the time. I’d hardly call it a miracle sub.
I never thought much of Faber and thought Mike would win, but I’d given him the benefit of the doubt with the elbow costing him the fight. Then I saw he did the same thing in fights before and realized he gets what he deserves.
Brown is cool in my books. I hope he beats Faber again. There’s something about Faber that always bothered me. I don’t know why, but I just never really liked him.
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as a Mike Brown fan. i’ve heard some people discount his win over Faber as a fluke, but the fact is Brown was winning the fight before Faber tried the desperation elbow. and i think his first title defense proved that Brown is for real.
Brown-Faber II is must-see TV, IMO.
A second defeat of Faber would not only further cement his status among fans and pundits, but could potentially put him on the road towards potential inclusion in pound-for-pound rankings.
In my world…if you beat a guy who was included in the top 5-10 P4P twice it should pretty much cement you as being in the top 10.
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 28, 2009 11:03 AM EDT reply actions
Some places already do, but I’m curious to see what happens should he defeat Faber again. Brown is still suffering from a “he got lucky” perception.
by Luke Thomas on May 28, 2009 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
I'll be pulling for Brown in this fight.
I find Faber somehow entertaining, but annoying at the same time.
Um Miguel Torres anyone?, anyway I think Brown is going down in the rematch Faber is way too fast for him and as long as he avoids the jumping back elbows/knees and sticks to his bread and butter boxing. He should wear him down in the later down and possibly finish him in the championship rounds either way it should be a hell of a fight and card at WEC 41.
There is simply no comparison between Faber and Torres in terms of marketing. Every WEC event features tons of No Fear commercials with Faber – Torres doesn’t get that type of treatment.
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