After sitting on the sidelines for over a 12 months, longtime welterweight motion fighter Matt Brown will likely be returning to competitors towards fellow veteran Courtroom McGee at a UFC occasion scheduled for Might thirteenth.
It was on a current episode of The Fighter vs. The Author that the 23-19 Brown introduced this matchup. As first transcribed by MMAFighting, ‘The Immortal’ had this to say, “Coming again, I’m going to smash some faces. Courtroom, he’s an incredible man, I’ve frolicked with him earlier than. Nice competitor. We each have related backgrounds in some respects. We each overdosed. He’s actually embraced that. So I’ve acquired loads of respect for the man however I’m able to go in there and smash his f—king face in with my elbow.”
It looks like simply yesterday that’s was 2008 and we had been watching Brown endure season seven of The Final FIghter actuality present. Now right here we’re 15 years later, Matt has a promotional report of 16-13, and the 42-year-old scrapper continues to be plugging away. Brown was final noticed within the Octagon again in March of 2023, the place he misplaced a detailed break up choice to the ever-game Bryan Barberena.
Able to get again in there, Matt talked about that he may have returned to motion towards a youthful lion, however as a substitute opted for what he perceives to be a tougher problem — a fellow previous salt within the 21-11 Courtroom McGee.
“With this particular one they provided me two guys,” Brown revealed. “They provided me a youthful man after which they provided Courtroom they usually stated principally you may choose whichever one and I went for Courtroom. I type of performed that card this time and to be trustworthy, I feel the youthful man could have been a neater battle. However that was the cardboard I performed this time so we’ll see what occurs.”
McGee has gained two of his final three fights, however is coming off of a nasty knockout loss to Jeremiah Wells final June. Courtroom acquired his foot within the door with the UFC by profitable The Final Fighter Season 11 in 2010. He went on to publish up a promotional report of 10-10, together with his most notable win being a break up choice over a welterweight model of Robert Whittaker.
The Might thirteenth UFC Struggle Night time card will likely be headlined by ranked gentle heavyweights because the #5 rated Anthony Smith tangles with the #7 rated Johnny Walker. The one different bout revealed on the docket to date is a girls’s bantamweight tilt between Jessica-Rose Clark and Tainara Lisboa. Keep tuned as extra particulars grow to be obtainable!
Concerning the writer: Eddie Mercado has coated fight sports activities since 2015. He covers every little thing from betting odds to dwell occasions and fighter interviews. He holds a 1-0 report in professional MMA and holds a purple belt in Jiu-Jitsu. (full bio)
