Height 5'6"
Weight 145 lb
Nationality American
Born September 8, 1975
Team/Association American Top Team
Wins 21
By knockout 4
By submission 12
Losses 4
Wrestling background
Mike Brown wrestled at Bonny Eagle High School in Buxton, Maine where he won a state championship in 1992, his junior year. He went on to wrestle at Norwich University where he was known for his ability to focus. Although he was a poor student in high school, he was able to apply his focus to academics and excelled as a scholar-athlete in college. According to Norwich wrestling Coach Rich Hasenfus, Brown was one of the smartest athletes and strongest wrestlers at Norwich.
WEC career
Riding a six fight win streak, Mike Brown signed with the WEC for the chance to fight the best talent at 145 pounds. His first fight in the WEC was against jiu-jitsu expert Jeff Curran at WEC 34. In each round, Brown matched Curran's stand-up and then took him down and scored from the top with elbows and punches. Brown won all three rounds en route to a unanimous decision victory.
Brown was then offered a shot at the WEC Featherweight Championship with a fight against Urijah Faber at WEC 36. The fight was originally set to take place in Hollywood, Florida on September 10, 2008, but it was postponed to November 5, 2008 due to Hurricane Ike. At the time, Faber had held the title for over two and a half years and was widely considered to be the best fighter at 145 pounds in the world. Brown welcomed the opportunity to fight the best in the world and felt that his training with American Top Team had prepared him well. When the heavily favored Faber attempted a risky elbow strike, Brown countered with a right hook to the jaw, knocking down the champion. Brown then followed with a flurry of unanswered punches and the fight was called off at 2:23 of the first round. Brown won by technical knockout and was declared the new WEC featherweight champion.
Brown's first title defense came against Texas-native Leonard Garcia in Corpus Christi, Texas as the main event of WEC 39. Garcia came out very aggressively, but he made a mistake and circled in the wrong direction. Brown capitalized on the mistake, knocking Garcia down with a big right hand. He followed with a barrage of punches and elbows, one of which opened up a cut on Garcia's forehead. Brown took Garcia's back and worked unsuccessfully for a rear naked choke. Garcia got Brown back in his guard, but Brown passed into a full mount and secured an arm triangle choke. Garcia tapped out at 1:57 of the first round. Brown said that he didn't really feel like the champion after the Faber fight, but he was happy he established himself as the champion with his victory over Garcia.
Brown's second defense will be a rematch against former champ Urijah Faber as the main event of WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2. The bout is scheduled to take place at ARCO Arena on June 7, 2009 in Sacramento, California.
Mike Brown-MMA Profile
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